sty
1
[ stahy ]
/ staɪ /
noun, plural sties.
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
any filthy place or abode.
a place of bestial debauchery.
verb (used with object), stied, sty·ing.
to keep or lodge in or as if in a sty.
verb (used without object), stied, sty·ing.
to live in or as if in a sty.
Origin of sty
1
before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English
*stī in
stī-fearh sty-pig; probably identical with
stig- in
stigweard
steward; cognate with Old Norse
stī, Dutch
stijg, German
Steige
Words nearby sty
stuttgart disease,
stutz,
stuyvesant,
stuyvesant, peter,
stv,
sty,
stye,
stygian,
styl-,
stylar,
stylate
Definition for sty (2 of 2)
sty
2
or stye
[ stahy ]
/ staɪ /
noun, plural sties. Ophthalmology.
a circumscribed abscess caused by bacterial infection of the glands on the edge of the eyelid; hordeolum.
Origin of sty
2
1610–20; by false division of Middle English
styanye sty (
styan (Old English
stīgend sty, literally, rising) +
ye
eye), taken to be
sty on eye
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British Dictionary definitions for sty
sty
/ (staɪ) /
noun plural sties
a pen in which pigs are housed and fed
any filthy or corrupt place
verb sties, stying or stied
to enclose or be enclosed in a sty
Word Origin for sty
Old English
stig; related to Old Norse
stīa pen, fold, Old High German
stīga, Middle Dutch
stije
Medical definitions for sty
sty
n. pl. sties
Inflammation of one or more sebaceous glands of an eyelid.
hordeolum