dorty, a. Sc.
(ˈdɔːtɪ)
[f. dort + -y.]
Ill-humoured, pettish, sulky; saucy, haughty.
| a 1605 Montgomerie Sonnets lxv, Right dortie to come ouir the dur. 1737 Ramsay Scot. Prov. (1776) 65 (Jam.) The dorty dame may fa' in the dirt. 1786 Burns Author's Cry & Prayer xxiii, Though a Minister grow dorty. |
Hence ˈdortiness, ˈdortiship, ill-humour, haughtiness, sauciness.
| 1513 Douglas æneis iii. v. 86 The dortynes of Achilles ofspring. 1721 Ramsay Wks. (1848) II. 192 A ferly 'tis your dortiship to see. |