blighty, a.
(ˈblaɪtɪ)
[f. blight n. + -y1.]
† a. = blighting ppl. a. Obs.
| 1731 Switzer Pract. Fruit-Gard. (ed. 2) 287 Those blighty Airs rise, and by Elasticity are driven in Columns against Fruit-Trees. |
b. Affected with blight; blighted.
| 1900 Standard 9 Nov., The acorn crop is an abundant one, the fruit being rather blighty and undersized. |