peaty

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Of whisky, having a complex smoky flavour imparted by compounds released by peat fires used to dry the malted barley.

   The ten-year-old Ardbeg is traditionally considered the saltiest, peatiest malt on Islay (and that's saying something).

2. 2
   adj

   Containing peat.

   The hillside at this point is composed of shaly rock overlaid with a peaty loam which carries a growth of heather, and its unstable condition has resulted in two landslides in the course of the railway's history.

3. 3
   adj

   of or pertaining to or of the nature of peat

4. 4
   adj

   Of or resembling peat; peatlike.

From peat + -y. Slang sense attested circa late 2010s at earliest, often apparently mildly tongue-in-cheek.

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