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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. He...
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dort, n. Sc. (dɔːt) [Of obscure origin; derivatives go back to c 1500: see dorty, dortiness.] Usually in pl.: Sulkiness, ill-humour; sulks.1632 Rutherford Lett. xxiii. (1862) I. 91 Let your soul..take the dorts (as we use to speak). 1725 Ramsay Gentle Sheph. i. i, Then fare ye weel Meg-Dorts. [Cf. S...
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