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gnatty

American  
[nat-ee] / ˈnæt i /

adjective

gnattier, gnattiest
  1. infested with gnats.


Etymology

Origin of gnatty

First recorded in 1905–10; gnat + -y 1

Example Sentences

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MILLEN, Ga. — Around the bend of a rural road in Eastern Georgia, towering pines give way to a gnatty glade dotted with aging tombstones and floral bouquets.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2019

The Hotel de las Palmas, in Jane Bowles’s conspicuously strange novel “Two Serious Ladies,” is a gnatty pension where pimps and winos lie about.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 13, 2014

Under Dreyfus since 1955, Renault's sales have increased 47% to last year's $604 million, and its gnatty Dau-phines and rakish Caravelles have driven into export markets around the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

France's Pierre Dreyfuss, president of state-owned Renault, pleaded with Detroit not to make a bug-sized car for Europe in direct competition with Renault, Volkswagen and Italy's gnatty Fiat.

From Time Magazine Archive