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cavey

cavey adjective: resembling or characteristic of a cave.

Adjective

cavey (comparative more cavey, superlative most cavey)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a cave.
    • […] there was a bit of a musty tinge to the air. But it was only an old-cavey sort of smell, which you probably got used to after a while.2020, Judith Eagle, The Pear Affair

Proper noun capitalized: Cavey

Cavey (plural Caveys)

  1. A surname.

Forms of cavey

Adjective
comparativemore cavey
superlativemost cavey
alternative formcavy
Proper noun
pluralCaveys

Origin of cavey

cave + -y

Questions about cavey

What does cavey mean?
Cavey means resembling or characteristic of a cave.
What part of speech is cavey?
Cavey can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near cavey in the dictionary

  1. Cavetts
  2. cavewoman
  3. cavewomen
  4. cavex rake
  5. cavex rakes
  6. cavey
  7. Caveys
  8. cavezon
  9. cavezons
  10. cavi
  11. caviar

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