dirten
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English driten, from Old English driten, ġedriten, from Proto-Germanic *dritanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *drītaną (“to defecate; befoul”).
Adjective[edit]
dirten (comparative more dirten, superlative most dirten)
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dirten (comparative more dirten, superlative most dirten)
Etymology 3[edit]
From dirt + -en (verbal suffix).
Verb[edit]
dirten (third-person singular simple present dirtens, present participle dirtening, simple past and past participle dirtened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become dirty or soiled
- 1999, Jane Alison Kaberuka, Silent Patience, page 44:
- "May I wash her and change her dress before you take her? She always hated being dirty," I said remembering how Pauline used to cry if she fell down and dirtened her dress or socks.
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