nettly
/ˈnɛt(ə)li/adjective
1Of a place: overgrown with nettles.
- Attested earliest in place names..
2Suggestive of nettles or their flavour, etc. rare.
3Of a person: irritable. Now rare.
Origin
Middle English. From nettle + -y.
- housekeep
- housekeeper
- housekeeperly
- housekeeping
- housekeeping allowance
- housekeeping book
- housekeeping goods
- housekeeping keys
- housekeeping money
- house-knacker
- housel
- house lady
- house lamb
- houseleek
- houseleek-tree
- houseless
- houselessness
- houselet
- house lights
- houseline
- houseling
- houseling people
- house lizard
- houselling
- house log