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dirten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dirten
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Dirty; filthy

adj

Made of dirt

verb

To make or become dirty or soiled.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English driten, from Old English driten, ġedriten, from Proto-West Germanic *dritan, from Proto-Germanic *dritanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *drītaną (“to defecate; befoul”). By surface analysis, dirt + -en.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more dirten (comparative) most dirten (superlative) dirtens (present, singular) dirtening (participle, present) dirtened (participle, past) dirtened (past)

Synonyms

bedirty gunk stain assoil beclart bedaub imbrue (especially with blood) bedizen befile befilth befoul begrime

Questions

What does dirten mean?
Dirty; filthy
Where does dirten come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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