Definitions
dirty and infested with rats
Word origin
From rat + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjective).
Used in a sentence
“The Marcher lord was still clad in his ratty black cloak and dented breastplate with its chipped enamel lightning.”
“I was having exactly that thought on a ratty mock-leather couch in Islington.”
“He got bad, he got ratty, he would take it out on people around him. He was mean when it turned against him.”
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