Meaning

2 senses
  1. Full of roots.

  2. Resembling or characteristic of roots.

    The vegetable stew had an earthy, rooty flavour.

Origin

From root + -y.

From root + -y.

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Forms

rootier, rootiest
Comparativerootier Lesson
Superlativerootiest Lesson

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedrootiness

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rooty — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto