cakeist
cakeist noun: one who specializes in cakes and similar baked goods.
Noun
cakeist (plural cakeists)
- One who specializes in cakes and similar baked goods.
- Miss Justin , Champion Cakeist of the Y.M.C.A.1919, The Mistral: A Year-book, page 75
- Then the cakeists really go to town. The judges decide on the winning couple which, as the band thunderously earns some more of its money, are presented with the cake and dance with it around the hall.1968, Theodore Pratt, That was Palm Beach, page 36
Adjective
cakeist (comparative more cakeist, superlative most cakeist)
- Of or pertaining to having one's cake and eating it.
- Some said the proposed Brexit deal was cakeist.
- May's cakeist approach to Brexit (as in, having it and eating it) is beginning to find its limits.2017 September 22, Anne Perkins, “Theresa May's Florence speech – our writers' verdicts”, in The Guardian
Examples of cakeist in a sentence
- For, on view vying with other cakes and confections at a cake exhibition in Bangalore was this mammoth edifice of the pagoda standing 8.5 ft tall, fashioned by softspoken “cakeist” C.1984, India Today, page 160:
- And if it does then screw nutrition; I wanna be a cakeist.2014, Romi Moondi, Year of the Chick - Volume 1:
- As a leadership candidate, Mr Johnson has run a strongly cakeist campaign.2019 July 15, Gideon Rachman, “Boris Johnson, ‘cakeism’ and the Blitz spirit”, in the Financial Times:
- In politics, after all, everyone is a cakeist: No one wants to pay more tax, but everyone wants better services.2020 January 10, Tom McTague, “The Hypocrisy of Harry and Meghan’s Decision”, in The Atlantic:
Forms of cakeist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cakeists |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more cakeist |
| superlative | most cakeist |
Origin of cakeist
From cake + -ist.
Questions about cakeist
- What does cakeist mean?
- Cakeist means one who specializes in cakes and similar baked goods.
- How do you use cakeist in a sentence?
- For, on view vying with other cakes and confections at a cake exhibition in Bangalore was this mammoth edifice of the pagoda standing 8.5 ft tall, fashioned by softspoken “cakeist” C.
- What part of speech is cakeist?
- Cakeist can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of cakeist?
- The plural of cakeist is cakeists.
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