clotty

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English clotty, equivalent to clot +‎ -y. Compare German klotzig (bulky, massive, huge).

Adjective

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clotty (comparative more clotty, superlative most clotty)

  1. Full of clots, or clods.
    • 1830, The Veterinarian:
      When it was brought to the school it discharged from its right nostril, a whitish, viscid, clotty matter, which, although of little consistence, strongly adhered to the sides of the nostril.

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