creasy
UK/ˈkɹiːsi/US/ˈkɹisi/
creasy adjective: full of creases.
Adjective
creasy (comparative creasier, superlative creasiest)
- Full of creases.
- Mrs. Glegg had on her fuzziest front, and garments which appeared to have had a recent resurrection from rather a creasy form of burial;1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 3, p. 26
- And o’er her second father stoopt a girl,
[...] and from her lifted hand
Dangled a length of ribbon and a ring
To tempt the babe, who rear’d his creasy arms,
Caught at and ever miss’d it, and they laugh’d:1864, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Enoch Arden”, in Enoch Arden, Etc., London: Moxon, page 41
- Denoting any of several related species of edible, commonly wild, greens, especially upland cress or winter cress.
- Creasy greens are amazingly versatile when it comes to brightening up winter fare. You can try them in any recipe that calls for watercress or cooked spinach.1984 March 1, Fran Marengo et al., “Creasy Greens: Try Growing And Cooking This Edible Wild Plant”, in Mother Earth News
Proper noun capitalized: Creasy
Creasy (plural Creasys)
- A surname.
Examples of creasy in a sentence
- He searched there a day and half a night, pulling all the soiled, creasy old papers out of the drawers and pigeon-holes before he would answer his wife's inquiries as to what he had lost.1891, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, “The Twelfth Guest”, in A New England Nun and Other Stories, New York: Harper, pages 66–67:
- It’s washable, less creasy and easier to iron.2011 May 8, Simon Chilvers, “The fashion briefing”, in The Guardian:
Forms of creasy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | creasier |
| superlative | creasiest |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Creasys |
| alternative form | Creese |
Origin of creasy
From crease + -y.
Questions about creasy
- What does creasy mean?
- Creasy means full of creases.
- How do you use creasy in a sentence?
- He searched there a day and half a night, pulling all the soiled, creasy old papers out of the drawers and pigeon-holes before he would answer his wife's inquiries as to what he had lost.
- What part of speech is creasy?
- Creasy can be an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce creasy?
- Creasy is pronounced /ˈkɹiːsi/ (UK).
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