resty

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resty

Rhymes with -ɛsti

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Variant of restiff.

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UK, regional Restive, resistant to control. In vaine the Pagan bannes, and sweares, and rayles, / And backe with both his hands unto him hayles / The resty raynes […]
UK, regional Disposed to rest; inactive, lazy. […] Come; our stomachs / Will make what’s homely savoury: weariness / Can snore upon the flint, when resty sloth / Finds the down pillow hard.

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@misc{resty_2026,
  title = {resty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/resty},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}