Definition of clatty in English:
clatty
adjectiveclattier, clattiestˈklati
Irish, Scottish informal Dirty, untidy, or unpleasant.
the table was downright clatty
Example sentencesExamples
- He tugged now from his pants pocket a hankie, so clatty it would've been the talk of the house.
- I'm waiting to be told off for getting clatty.
- "They are all clatty in their persons, though," was Dolly's verdict, arrived at after a lifetime's experience.
- Try one of these plays and I promise you'll be wanting to get your ‘clatty mitts’ on the other two.
- It was always the sorest toil and the clattiest jobs they would set the wee one to do.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from dialect clat 'a clod of dirt' + -y1; related to clot and clod.