culty

culty

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English cult
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English culty

    From cult + -y.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkʌlti/

    Adjective

    culty (comparative more culty, superlative most culty)

    1. (informal) Resembling a cult.
      • 1988 January 15, C.C. Pyle, “Our Bodies, Their Selves”, in Chicago Reader‎[1]:
        "They're not real culty. You look in their eyes and there are real people there."

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