Dialectal or slang term, primarily in British English, meaning 'great' or 'considerable'; used emphatically, especially in West Country dialect.
From dialectal English 'gurt,' possibly from 'great' with sound-shifting influenced by regional pronunciation patterns. Particularly strong in West Country English (Southwest England/West Midlands).
British dialect words like 'gurt' reveal how accent and spelling shift together—it's not just a pronunciation difference, the speakers actually wrote it this way, showing that regional language goes much deeper than voice alone.
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