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foldy

foldy adjective: having or characterized by folds.

Adjective

foldy (comparative more foldy, superlative most foldy)

  1. (informal) Having or characterized by folds.
    • “A taco is a bunch of fillings stuffed into a foldy thing. You turn your head and eat it like this.” He tilted his head and stuffed his curled palm into his mouth.2021, Fritzi Cox, Royally Cursed

Forms of foldy

comparativemore foldy
superlativemost foldy

Origin of foldy

From fold + -y.

Questions about foldy

What does foldy mean?
Foldy means having or characterized by folds.
What part of speech is foldy?
Foldy is an adjective.

Words near foldy in the dictionary

  1. foldup
  2. foldups
  3. foldward
  4. foldwards
  5. foldwing
  6. foldy
  7. Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation
  8. Foldy-Wouthuysen transformations
  9. foldyard
  10. foldyards
  11. fole

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