nesty

English

Etymology

From nest +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɛsti/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsti

Adjective

nesty (comparative more nesty, superlative most nesty)

  1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of a nest.
    • 1894, Leonard Charles Smithers, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 1, page 194:
      O may the raven-bird whose cry our hapless parting croaked / Find ne'er a nesty home and eke shed all his plumery!

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