Sty

Meaning

Noun

●

pen

enclosure

for swine.

●

messy

dirty

debauched

place.

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In British English:

A ladder.

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In Diseases:

inflammation

of the eyelid.

Verb

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To place in, or

as if

in, a sty

●

, or any

place

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ascend

rise up

, climb.

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Wiktionary

Origin

sty

English

stigan

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

stíga

Old Norse

sty

Middle English (1100-1500)

sti

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

Sourced from

Etym

Synonyms

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Rhymes

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