ranchyadj.1
/ˈrɑːn(t)ʃi/, /ˈran(t)ʃi/, U.S. /ˈræn(t)ʃi/ U.S.
Relating to or characteristic of a ranch (esp. in senses 1b and ranch n.2 2a).
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1901 Los Angeles Times 3 Oct. 13/4 The days' donations include pumpkins, squashes, six varieties of melons, peaches, pears, apples, potatoes—in short, almost everything ‘ranchy’ and good.
1933 Los Angeles Times 13 Dec. ii. 2/1 Eventually Mary had her pretty, Frenchy-looking bungalow; Doug had his rangy, ranchy reception.
1996 B. Hannah High Lonesome (1997) 58 They're both here..in that modest brown wooden rental next to me in this white subdivision, mainly red brick and ranchy, of the Eisenhower years.
1997 N.Y. Times 7 Nov. b29/3 The grounds had a ranchy Western look, with a huge A-frame main lodge and four woodsy brown motel-style units.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
ranchyadj.2
/ˈrɑːn(t)ʃi/, /ˈran(t)ʃi/, U.S. /ˈræn(t)ʃi/ Originally U.S. rare.
Bawdy, sexually indecent; earthy, dirty; = raunchy adj.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > dirty and loathsome
vilea1300
lousyc1386
vild1568
squalid1591
nasky1611
clatty1632
tetrous1637
foede1657
pah1689
feculent1703
cruddy1877
crutting1925
ranchy1959
ucky1963
grody1965
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > lewd, bawdy, or obscene
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filthy?c1400
knavishc1405
sensual?a1425
ribaldousc1440
dishonestc1450
bawdya1513
ribald?a1513
ribaldious?1518
slovenly?1518
ribaldry1519
priapish1531
ribaldish?1533
filthous1551
ribaldly1570
obscene1571
bawdisha1586
obscenous1591
greasy1598
dirty1599
fulsome1600
spurcitious1658
lasciviating1660
smutty1668
bawdry1764
ribaldric1796
un-Quakerlike1824
fat1836
ithyphallic1856
hot1892
rorty1898
rude1919
bitchy1928
feelthy1930
raunchy1943
ranchy1959
down and dirty1969
steamy1970
sleazo1972
1959 Ld. Kinross Innocents at Home xxii. 196 There was an embarrassed pause at this; and then one of the bridesmaids remarked, ‘A bit ranchy, that.’
1991 Advocate 15 Jan. (Advert Suppl.) 16/3 Big hairy ranchy butt needed... HIV neg. a must.
2004 Birmingham Post 7 June 11 The ranchy cover of their debut album..certainly had been seen by ZZ Top before they did their famously non-PC videos.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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