dinnery
dinnery adjective: of or relating to dinner; resembling dinner.
Adjective
dinnery (comparative more dinnery, superlative most dinnery)
- Of or relating to dinner; resembling dinner.
- “For with an invalid so much depends on tranquillity. In the drawing-room, for instance, she might constantly be disturbed by callers; and the dining-room is so—so what shall I call it? so dinnery,—the smell of meals never seems to leave it; it would have been different if dear papa had allowed me...1864 August – 1866 January, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, chapter 44, in Wives and Daughters. An Every-day Story. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published...
- It was evening, the hour when warm dinnery smells pervaded the walls and whiffs of other people’s trays came a-visiting.c. 1943, Emily Carr, “Red Roses”, in Ann-Lee Switzer, editor, This and That: The Lost Stories of Emily Carr, TouchWood Editions, published 2011
Forms of dinnery
| comparative | more dinnery |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dinnery |
Origin of dinnery
From dinner + -y.
Questions about dinnery
- What does dinnery mean?
- Dinnery means of or relating to dinner; resembling dinner.
- What part of speech is dinnery?
- Dinnery is an adjective.
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