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curranty

curranty adjective: resembling or characteristic of currants.

Adjective

curranty (comparative more curranty, superlative most curranty)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of currants.
    • a curranty red wine
    • Up the smooth billows and over the crests
      Of the cumbersome combers flew
      The frivolous cake with a knife in the wake
      Of herself and her curranty crew.1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan

Forms of curranty

comparativemore curranty
superlativemost curranty

Origin of curranty

From currant + -y.

Questions about curranty

What does curranty mean?
Curranty means resembling or characteristic of currants.
What part of speech is curranty?
Curranty is an adjective.

Words near curranty in the dictionary

  1. currantlike
  2. curranto
  3. currantoes
  4. currantos
  5. currants
  6. curranty
  7. Currarino syndrome
  8. Currarino triad
  9. curratow
  10. currawang
  11. currawangs

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