gurly

English

Etymology 1

From gurl (“to growl or snarl”) +‎ -y.

Adjective

gurly (comparative more gurly, superlative most gurly)

1. (Scotland) Fierce and stormy.

   a gurly wind

2. (Scotland) Unfriendly, irritable, surly.
   • 1901, George Douglas Brown, The House With the Green Shutters, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., page 325:

     "Damn the gurly brute!" Postie complained once; "when I passed a pleasand remark about the weather the other morning, he just looked at me and blew the reek of his pipe in my face. And that was his only answer!"

Etymology 2

Adjective

gurly (comparative gurlier, superlative gurliest)

1. Alternative form of girly
   • 1990 January 13, David Quantick, Steven Wells, “Is It Rock Art Or Is It Nart?”, in New Musical Express:

     The satanic manipulations of SAW and Carol their evil make-up woman (who'll make you wear horrible itchy and distinctly gurly gunk every time you go on TOTP!)

References

• “gurly”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “gurly”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Jonathon Green (2024) “gurly adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
• “gurly, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• lurgy