gruftyadj.
/ˈɡrʌfti/, U.S. /ˈɡrəfti/ English regional (Lincolnshire).
Dirty, filthy. Cf. grufted adj. at gruft n. Derivatives.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective]
uncleaneOE
horyc1000
foulOE
fennilicha1225
sutya1225
mixc1225
blackc1300
solwyc1325
bawdy1377
filthyc1384
nastyc1390
sowlyc1400
soryc1440
uncleanly1447
mossyc1450
dungyc1494
bedirted1528
slubberly?1529
filthish1530
deturpate?1533
mucky1538
stercorous1542
bluterc1550
dungish?1550
puddly1559
drumly1563
suddle1568
parbruilyiedc1586
sluttered1589
dirty1600
ordurous?1606
immund1621
turpie1633
sterquilinious1647
bruckled1648
cloacal1656
foede1657
stercorose1727
murky1755
sterquilinian1772
cloacinean1814
floy1820
poucey1829
stoachy1836
mullocky1839
muckering1841
sewery1851
dutty1853
dauby1855
cloacean1859
mucky1863
bilgy1878
cloacaline1879
muck-heapy1881
cloacinal1887
schmutzig1911
grufty1922
scabrous1939
mawkit1962
feechie1975
1922 B. Gilbert Tyler of Barnet i. 5 After losing his capital over screw nags and grufty pigs, Watson's education was finished.
1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 213/2 Grufty.., dirty.
2008 Grimsby Tel. (Nexis) 11 Jan. 7 Non-Grimbarians look at us blankly when we tell them we're taking our grufty cloves to the bagwash.
2015 @steveburnley 21 June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Happy Father's day to all #Lincolnshire dads—Yeller bellies, frim-folk and grufty teg alike.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1922