ˈrad.ē, -atē, -i adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: rat (I) + -y
1.
a. : infested with rats
live on one floor of a ratty tenement — Joseph Mitchell
b. : rat-eaten in appearance : shabby , unkempt
ratty and ragged — P.H.Lowrey
a ratty brown overcoat — John Lardner
a long ratty moustache — Eve Langley
c. : of, relating to, or characteristic of a rat
like a terrier who smells something … ratty — E.F.Benson
said in his ratty voice — Floyd Dell
2.
a. : having a low, despicable, or treacherous character : meanspirited
mean as a snake … forever taking up with ratty people — Frances G. Patton
b. : having an irritable or irascible disposition : ill-tempered , nasty
that ratty genius whose words … were thunder and lightning — Geoffrey Grigson