Clotty

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Full of clots, or clods.

    "When it was brought to the school it discharged from its right nostril, a whitish, viscid, clotty matter, which, although of little consistence, strongly adhered to the sides of the nostril."

Example

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"When it was brought to the school it discharged from its right nostril, a whitish, viscid, clotty matter, which, although of little consistence, strongly adhered to the sides of the nostril."

Etymology

From Middle English clotty, equivalent to clot + -y. Compare German klotzig (“bulky, massive, huge”).

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