tarty

English

Etymology

tart +‎ -y

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tarty (comparative tartier, superlative tartiest)

1. (British, slang) Like a tart (promiscuous woman); slutty, whorish.
   • 1991, Gayle Greene, Changing the Story: Feminist Fiction and the Tradition:

     Atwood's Edible Woman offers a brilliant analysis of woman as consumable in consumer capitalism: when Marian turns out in a tarty hairdo and red dress...

   • 2004, Thomas A Reppetto, American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power:

     The vice trust, with equal ingenuity, sent prostitutes dressed in their tartiest outfits into respectable neighborhoods to inquire about apartments for rent.

Anagrams

• attry, ratty

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtar.tɨ/

Participle

1. masculine singular passive adjectival participle of trzeć

Noun

tarty

1. inflection of tarta:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

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