matty,a.rare.|ˈmætɪ| [f. mat n.1 + -y.] Matted. Also in Comb.matty-hairedadj. 1820Clare Rural Life (ed. 3) 141 And brush the weaving branches by Of briars and thorns so matty.1824J. Symmons tr.æschylus' Agamemnon 52 And, matty-hair'd, our soldiers look'd like beasts.