rafty
/ˈrɑːfti/ /ˈrafti/Now English regional (chiefly East Anglian )
adjective
1Of a place or time, or of the weather: damp and cold, bleak.
2Musty, sour-smelling; (of food, especially bacon) stale, rancid.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in William Gurnall (d. 1679), Church of England clergyman. Origin unknown. Perhaps compare earlier reasty, reasy, resty, reesed, although the nature of any relationship is unclear. Perhaps compare also later raft.
- ruler cult
- rulered
- ruleress
- rule-right
- rulering
- ruler joint
- rulership
- ruler-straight
- Rules
- Rules Committee
- ruleship
- rules-maker
- rule something out (or in)
- rule-staff
- rule the roost
- rule with a rod of iron
- ruling
- ruling class
- ruling elder
- ruling eldership
- ruling engine
- ruling grade
- ruling gradient
- rulingly
- ruling passion