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  • adjective US, slang Pretty.

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Corruption of pretty, representing the pronunciation of this word in the southern United States.

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  • as in, "She's purdy now, but she was a heifer back when I knowed her."

    April 2, 2007

  • Disagreeably self-important.

    May 4, 2019