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ranty, a. Sc. and north. dial.|ˈræntɪ|
[f. rant n. or v. + -y1.]
Wildly excited; riotous, boisterous, lively; inclined to rant.
1783in Eng. Dial. Dict. 1790J. Fisher Poems on Various Subjects 115, I us'd to be right ranty, An' mak the youngsters spring like bucks. 1867‘H. Lee’ Mr. Wynyard's Ward I. i. iii. 94 Master'll be ranty again. We once afore got as much gowld as was worth a pound or two, and you'd have thought we'd found a Californy to hear him talk. 1913D. H. Lawrence Let. 10 Feb. in F. Lawrence Not I but the Wind (1934) 81 Well, do write about what you think—say Dehmel is ranty and tawdry. |