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duchessy

duchessy adjective: like a duchess; with a superior feminine elegance.

Adjective

duchessy (comparative more duchessy, superlative most duchessy)

  1. (informal) Like a duchess; with a superior feminine elegance.
    • And she had a figure, too; one of them big, duchessy-looking ladies she was, as would make you think as they'd need extra webbing in their beds.1906, Warwick Deeping, Bess of the woods
    • Fortunately Kathryn looks her most duchessy in evening gowns and Bo is unusually philosophical about boiled shirts.1945, Joseph Chamberlain Furnas, How America lives
    Synonyms:
    duchesslike

Synonyms of duchessy

Forms of duchessy

comparativemore duchessy
superlativemost duchessy

Origin of duchessy

From duchess + -y.

Questions about duchessy

What does duchessy mean?
Duchessy means like a duchess; with a superior feminine elegance.
What part of speech is duchessy?
Duchessy is an adjective.

Words near duchessy in the dictionary

  1. duchesshood
  2. duchessing
  3. duchesslike
  4. duchessly
  5. duchessness
  6. duchessy
  7. duchies
  8. Duchovbot
  9. Duchovbots
  10. Duchovnik
  11. Duchovniks

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