gurly
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English
Etymology 1
From gurl (“to growl or snarl”) + -y.
Adjective
gurly (comparative more gurly, superlative most gurly)
- (Scotland) Fierce and stormy.
- a gurly wind
- (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)
- 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.
- “gurly adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
- “gurly, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
