Dirten
adj, verb
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make or become dirty or soiled. Uganda, ambitransitive
""May I wash her and change her dress before you take her? She always hated being dirty," I said remembering how Pauline used to cry if she fell down and dirtened her dress or socks."
Adjective
- 1 Dirty; filthy dialectal
- 2 Made of dirt dialectal
"a dirten floor"
Example
More examples""May I wash her and change her dress before you take her? She always hated being dirty," I said remembering how Pauline used to cry if she fell down and dirtened her dress or socks."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English driten, from Old English driten, ġedriten, from Proto-Germanic *dritanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *drītaną (“to defecate; befoul”).
Etymology 2
From dirt + -en (“made of”).
Etymology 3
From dirt + -en (verbal suffix).
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