Clotty
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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
More examples"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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