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rorty.

Boisterous, rowdy, saucy, dissipated, or risqué.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɹɔː(ɹ)ti/
  1. Boisterous, rowdy, saucy, dissipated, or risqué.

    UK · informal
Where this word comes from

19th century UK. Unknown etymology. Farmer (1903) categorises the term as costermongers' slang.

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