1856, "resembling a rat;" 1865, "full of rats;" 1867, "wretched, miserable, shabby," from rat (n.) + -y (2).
a ratty old overcoat
rattle
rattler
rattlesnake
rattletrap
rat-trap
ratty
raucous
raunch
raunchy
ravage
rave
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