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Easter-eggy

Easter-eggy adjective: having a colour reminiscent of an Easter egg, typically a muted pastel.

easter-eggy: having a colour reminiscent of an Easter egg, typically a muted pastel
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Adjective

Easter-eggy (comparative Easter-eggier, superlative Easter-eggiest)

  1. Having a colour reminiscent of an Easter egg, typically a muted pastel.
    • Mare Biltzstein has staged the show with pleasant informality and Aline Bernstein dresses it in nice Easter-eggy colors.1950 December 14, William Hawkins, “Audience Shares Stage Spotlight”, in New York Theatre Critics' Reviews, volume XI, number 28, page 173
    • Gabby's kitchen was painted a bright canary yellow, far too pastel, too Easter eggy.2008, Bill Floyd, The Killer’s Wife, page 31

Forms of Easter-eggy

comparativeEaster-eggier
superlativeEaster-eggiest

Origin of Easter-eggy

From Easter egg + -y.

Questions about Easter-eggy

What does Easter-eggy mean?
Easter-eggy means having a colour reminiscent of an Easter egg, typically a muted pastel.
What part of speech is Easter-eggy?
Easter-eggy is an adjective.

Words near Easter-eggy in the dictionary

  1. Easter Tuesday
  2. Easter Wednesday
  3. Easter Week
  4. Easter-egg hunt
  5. Easter-egg hunts
  6. Easter-eggy
  7. Easterbrook
  8. Easterbrooks
  9. Easterbunny
  10. Easterday
  11. Easterdays

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