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biscuity

biscuity adjective: resembling or characteristic of a biscuit.

Adjective

biscuity (comparative more biscuity, superlative most biscuity)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a biscuit.
    • I recall the scent of some kind of toilet powder - I believe she stole it from her mother's Spanish maid - a sweetish, lowly, musky perfume. It mingled with her own biscuity odor, and my feelings were suddenly filled to the brim; a sudden commotion in a nearby bush prevented them from overflowing -...1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC
    • Mouthfilling and creamy-smooth, it is peachy and slightly spicy, with biscuity, toasty notes in a high-flavoured, moderately complex style, for drinking now or cellaring.2012, Michael Cooper, Buyer's Guide to New Zealand Wines 2013

Forms of biscuity

comparativemore biscuity
superlativemost biscuity
alternative formbiscuitty

Origin of biscuity

From biscuit + -y.

Words formed from biscuity

Questions about biscuity

What does biscuity mean?
Biscuity means resembling or characteristic of a biscuit.
What part of speech is biscuity?
Biscuity is an adjective.

Words near biscuity in the dictionary

  1. biscuitry
  2. biscuits
  3. biscuits and gravy
  4. biscuitty
  5. biscuitware
  6. biscuity
  7. biscutate
  8. biscy
  9. bisdemethoxycurcumin
  10. bisdentate
  11. bisdesmosidic

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