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groaty¹

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From groat + -y; and also continuing Middle English groti, grooti (“muddy, slimy”), from Old English grotiġ (“earthy”), from Old English grot (“piece, fragment, particle, atom”). Influenced by Middle English grout (“coarse meal”). Related to grit, gritty, and greaty.

adjective more groaty · groatier · most groaty · groatiest · grotty · groatie

  1. dialectal Made or consisting of groats.

groaty²

Where it comes from

See grotty.

adjective

  1. Grotty (“dirty; gross”). “Pigs are groaty,” Blair said. Haldane sat on the hearth between Owen and the tree. "People say that about pigs, but it's not true. A pig's cleaner than a hound's tooth."

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@misc{groaty_2026,
  title = {groaty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/groaty},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}