nesty

English

Etymology

nest +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛsti/
• Rhymes: -ɛsti

Adjective

nesty (comparative more nesty, superlative most nesty)

1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of a nest.
   • 1894, Leonard Charles Smithers, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 1, page 194:

     O may the raven-bird whose cry our hapless parting croaked / Find ne'er a nesty home and eke shed all his plumery!