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单词 littery
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litteryadj.

Brit. /ˈlɪt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈlɪdəri/
Etymology: < litter n. + -y suffix1.
Of or pertaining to litter; marked by the presence of litter; tending to produce litter; untidy.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > manured or fertilized
dungedOE
marledc1265
mucked1290
chavedc1420
dungyc1450
manured1551
fatted1552
folded1579
chalked1598
battled1600
seasoned1604
limed1707
sanded1707
fattened1725
sooted1776
wared1795
littery1805
plastered1819
nitred1822
gypsumed1841
nitrated1841
sewaged1861
sewage-irrigated1867
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective] > littered or cluttered
littery1847
cluttered1865
littered1870
1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 270 The long littery dung from livery stables.
1847 in Fraser's Mag. (1848) 37 308 The littery practice of serving up the potatoes in their skins.
1858 D. M. Mulock Woman's Thoughts about Women 275 The rooms are untidy and ‘littery’.
1859 R. Thompson Gardener's Assistant 622 As much short moist dung as will prevent the littery portion from becoming dry.
1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 101 He took me into his library, a rough, littery, but considerable collection.
1882 Garden 21 Jan. 43/3 The whole process is troublesome, littery,..and is..uncertain in its results.
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