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cactussy

cactussy is the alternative form of cactusy.

Meaning of cactusy

Adjective

cactusy (comparative more cactusy, superlative most cactusy)

  1. (informal) Cactuslike, prickly.
    • My chest feels cactusy.
  2. Featuring a cactus or cacti.
    • Of all the God-forsaken, sandy, cactusy desert regions, my habitat takes the cake.1935 July, “Secrets of Success”, in Popular Science, volume 127, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Popular Science Publishing Co., Inc., page 98, column 2
    Synonyms:
    cactused

Forms of cactussy

comparativemore cactussy
superlativemost cactussy

Questions about cactussy

What is cactussy the alternative form of?
Cactussy is the alternative form of cactusy.

Words near cactussy in the dictionary

  1. cactused
  2. cactuses
  3. cactuslike
  4. cactussed
  5. cactusses
  6. cactussy
  7. cactusy
  8. cacumen
  9. cacumina
  10. cacuminal
  11. cacuminalization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cactussy (page history and authors); cactusy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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