sorty, a. colloq.
(ˈsɔːtɪ)
[f. sort n.2 + -y. Cf. WFris. soartich of a good sort.]
1. Of one kind or sort; similar, alike.
| 1885 Field 12 Dec. 845/1 Mr. W. Wheeler's cup pigs were..not quite sorty as to hair, but otherwise a good lot. |
2. Consisting of various sorts; mixed.
| 1899 Daily News 3 July 9/7 Phipps,..usually driving blacks, has got together a very ‘sorty’ team composed of a skewbald, a chestnut, and bays. a 1904 in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v., The water is very sorty this morning—it is much colder at the bottom than on the top. |