sty

Meaning

Noun

1. A pen or enclosure for swine.
2. A messy, dirty or debauched place.

Verb

1. To place in, or as if in, a sty.
2. To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place.

Verb

To ascend, rise up, climb.

Synonyms

stye

pigpen

pigsty

piggery

hordeolum

stable

stall

outbuilding

shed

outhouse

eye infection

whitespace

pinholing

hog house

needle hole

Lettish

hordeolum stye

cage

cataract

coop

cowshed

den

fold

hovel

pen

🖊️

pinhole

wart

Pronounced as (IPA)

/staɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English sty, from Old English stī, stiġ (“sty, pen, a wooden enclosure; hall”, chiefly in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *stiją. Cognate with German Stiege (“wooden crate”), dialectal German Steige (“hen-coop”), Danish sti (“sty, enclosure for swine, sheep, hens, etc.”), Swedish stia (“sty for pigs, geese, etc.”), Norwegian sti (“flock of sheep”), Icelandic stía (“a kennel”).