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clanny

clanny adjective: clannish; socially exclusive.

Adjective

clanny (comparative more clanny, superlative most clanny)

  1. Clannish; socially exclusive.
    • They were a clanny bunch who favored each other for jobs[…]1991, Gerald Lynch, Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers, page 35
    • Each time I use a personal pronoun, I hear a mafioso echo, a clanny, insular, hegemonic reverberation[…]2004, Karin M. Ekström, Helene Brembeck, Elusive Consumption, page 63

Noun

clanny (plural clannies)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes, collectible card games) A player who habitually plays the same clan or with the other players on the same team.
    • Once Assamite clannies can dissect the new cards, we'll know the true state of the clan.2007 August 17, Jeff Kuta, “Re: another thought on 'fixing' the Assamites”, in rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad (Usenet)
    • Join a clan to flaunt your victories and be a good sport by donating support troops to fellow clannies.2014 January, Alexis Capitini, “Five Apps You Should Be Playing”, in Living Out, page 28

Forms of clanny

Adjective
comparativemore clanny
superlativemost clanny
Noun
pluralclannies

Origin of clanny

From clan + -y (adjectival suffix). Piecewise doublet of planty.

From clan + -y (“person associated”).

Questions about clanny

What does clanny mean?
Clanny means clannish; socially exclusive.
What part of speech is clanny?
Clanny can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near clanny in the dictionary

  1. clannishnesses
  2. clannism
  3. clannist
  4. clannists
  5. clanns
  6. clanny
  7. clanobutin
  8. clans
  9. Clansayesian
  10. Clansey
  11. clansfolk

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