rabharta (“flood, tide”). <span class="searchmatch">Rafferty</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">Raffertys</span>) A surname from Irish. According to the 2010 United States Census, <span class="searchmatch">Rafferty</span> is the 3802nd most common...
<span class="searchmatch">Raffertys</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">Rafferty</span>...
(uncountable) The quality of being godforsaken. 2007 May 13, Terrence <span class="searchmatch">Rafferty</span>, “Cops and Rabbis”, in New York Times[1]: The godforsakenness of the place...
semiburrowing (not comparable) (zoology) That sometimes burrows. 2011, John P. <span class="searchmatch">Rafferty</span>, Reptiles and Amphibians, page 241: Some terrestrial forms are semiburrowing...
Wikipedia dredging (plural dredgings) That which is dredged up. 2011, John P. <span class="searchmatch">Rafferty</span>, Oceans and Oceanography, page 189: Soundings showed wide variations in...
comparable) Having certain elements of mythology. 2007 May 20, Terrence <span class="searchmatch">Rafferty</span>, “Building the Duke, Film by Film”, in New York Times[1]: It’s a perfect...
noirest superlative form of noir: most noir 2007 July 22, Terrence <span class="searchmatch">Rafferty</span>, “Noir and the City: Dark, Dangerous, Corrupt and Sexy”, in New York Times[1]:...
most multiphobic) Having more than one phobia. 2009 July 19, Terrence <span class="searchmatch">Rafferty</span>, “On the Screen, the Shrink Has Shrunk”, in New York Times[1]: the spectacle...
comparable) That does not age; timeless, immortal. 2007 September 2, Terrence <span class="searchmatch">Rafferty</span>, “Technicolor Dreamboat”, in The New York Times[1]: Age notwithstanding...
Variant of <span class="searchmatch">Rafferty</span>. Raffety (plural Raffetys) A surname from Irish. According to the 2010 United States Census, Raffety is the 37993rd most common surname...