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Dirten

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Dirty; filthy dialectal
  2. 2
    Made of dirt dialectal

    "a dirten floor"

Verb
  1. 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."

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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