English

Adjective

rorty ‎(comparative rortier, superlative rortiest)

1. Boisterous, rowdy, saucy, dissipated, or risqué.
   • 1898, Robert Smythe Hichens, (Please provide the title of the work), page 280:

     "Tell us a good story, Rodney — one of your rorty ones." / Mr. Rodney shrivelled. / "I fear," he murmured — "I fear I am scarcely in the — er — rorty vein to-night."

   • 1972, Private eye, number 263-288:

     Unsuitable for family motorists. Only Custom Car gives you the real dirt on the fastest, the loudest, the rortiest, ....

   • 1996 August 3, “From ragtops to riches Compact SLK doesn't leave out...”, in Toronto Star:

     If it isn't ultimately as keen-edged and involving as some of its rortier forebears, the SLK makes a great deal more sense for the '90s.

   • 2006, Stella Gibbons; Lynne Truss, Cold Comfort Farm:

     But compared with the heavy, muffling darkness of the night in which the countryside was sunk, the lights looked positively rorty

   • 2007 May 31, “Lotus 2-Eleven - Road Test First Drive”, in Autocar:

     Any speed any gear it doesn't matter. The 2Eleven's got an enormous powerband huge performance and the rortiest exhaust I've heard in an Elise-based car