skirty

English

Etymology

skirt +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ti
• IPA^(key): /skɜː(ɹ)ti/

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Adjective

skirty

1. Like a skirt; featuring a skirt or skirts.

   The sides flare out to give it a skirty look.

   the skirty national dress of India

2. Wearing a skirt.

   chased a skirty maid

3. Fond of wearing skirts; tending to wear skirts.

   I'm just not a skirty person.

   • 1977, John Hersey, The Walnut Door:

     Mrs. Calovatto was looking brand new in her semitropical Ionojet slacks suit — very daring, Elaine thought, for a skirty woman.

Anagrams

• Kirsty, Kristy