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Definition of Ratty

1. Adjective. Of or characteristic of rats.

2. Adjective. Showing signs of wear and tear. "An old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"

3. Adjective. Dirty and infested with rats.

Definition of Ratty

1. Adjective. Similar to a rat; ratlike. ¹

2. Adjective. Infested with rats. ¹

3. Adjective. (colloquial) In poor condition or repair; worn out; battered; tattered; torn. ¹

4. Adjective. (UK colloquial) Irritable, annoyed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ratty

1. infested with rats [adj -TIER, -TIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratty

rattlines rattling rattling(a) rattlingly rattlings rattlins rattly ratton rattons rattoon

rattooned rattooning rattoons rattrap rattraps ratty (current term) ratu ratus raubasine raucid

raucities raucity raucle raucler rauclest raucous raucously raucousness raucousnesses rauenthalite

Literary usage of Ratty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Essay on Uses and Trusts: And on the Nature and Operation of Conveyances by Francis Williams Sanders, George Williams Sanders, John Warner (1844)
"ratty, 12 July 1745, MSS. cited, 2 Madd. Chancery, 113, (land purchased in the name of a stranger); ..."

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