balloony
balloony adjective: tending to balloon.
Adjective
balloony (comparative balloonier, superlative ballooniest)
- Tending to balloon
- His low-cut shirt-collar and narrow silken neck-tie were in the style called "English," as quite decidedly, also, were his cross-barred trousers of balloony build; nor, although thus flinging himself for diversion into the vortex of the lower crowd, had he foregone the luxury of tan-colored kid...1861, Various, Atlantic Monthly Volume 7, No. 40, February, 1861
- Above the word is part of "Central," rendered in a dated balloony script, underlining the archaic nature of Gross's subject.2004 July 2, Fred Camper, “The City, Brick by Brick”, in Chicago Reader
Forms of balloony
| comparative | balloonier |
|---|---|
| superlative | ballooniest |
Origin of balloony
From balloon + -y.
Questions about balloony
- What does balloony mean?
- Balloony means tending to balloon.
- What part of speech is balloony?
- Balloony is an adjective.
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