Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dirtful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dirt-ful
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised by dirt or dirtiness; dirty

noun

An amount of dirt

Example Sentences

"She also added that "So far I have contributed to the occult and arcane and most secret gayety of nations BUT you know you must be careful as papa is most slimely dirtful and says, 'now you have been so frank with me, I will be frank with you between ourselves' and out comes some scrap of flea morsel.""
"India very hot, very dirtful."
"It's not that these reasons worry me - after all, they are all my own doing, each like a dig with the spade in the process of digging, dirtful by dirtful, that deep ditch which I have to dig consistently and eternally so that it may be, […]"
"Actually, the work became one of personal pride, and each dirtful was carefully laid on the side of the hole until there was a pretty good foxhole being dug."

Etymology

From dirt + -ful.

Inflected Forms

more dirtful (comparative) most dirtful (superlative) dirtfuls (plural)

Questions

What does dirtful mean?: Characterised by dirt or dirtiness; dirty
Where does dirtful come from?: From dirt + -ful.

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