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dorty, a. Sc.|ˈdɔːtɪ|
[f. dort + -y.]
Ill-humoured, pettish, sulky; saucy, haughty.
a1605Montgomerie Sonnets lxv, Right dortie to come ouir the dur. 1737Ramsay Scot. Prov. (1776) 65 (Jam.) The dorty dame may fa' in the dirt. 1786Burns Author's Cry & Prayer xxiii, Though a Minister grow dorty.
Hence ˈdortiness, ˈdortiship, ill-humour, haughtiness, sauciness.
1513Douglas æneis iii. v. 86 The dortynes of Achilles ofspring. 1721Ramsay Wks. (1848) II. 192 A ferly 'tis your dortiship to see. |