peaty

[pee-tee]

adjective

peatier, peatiest 

1. of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat.

Word History and Origins

Origin of peaty¹

First recorded in 1755–65; peat ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The drink was a Laphroaig whisky - a smoky, peaty Scottish malt, like pouring a wistful but rather melancholy highland walk into a tumbler.

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One of the reasons fires continued to burn on moorland was because of its peaty soil which fuels the flames.

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The peaty black soil in the delta made it the top asparagus-growing region in the state and — at one point — the nation.

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All I can see are rolling hills and the peaty landscape into which my boots are slowly sinking.

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Dr Blackwell said this was because the insects breed in damp, peaty soil which naturally occurs in the western half of the country.

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