Meaning
Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
From Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German drēterich (“dirty”). See also drite.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
cleanclean as a beanclean as a hound's toothclean as a new pennyclean as a new pinclean as a whistleimmaculatepristinespick-and-spanspotless
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 2 recorded puzzles: