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fringier

fringier is the comparative form of fringy.

fringier is the comparative form of fringey.

Meaning of fringy

Adjective

fringy (comparative fringier, superlative fringiest)

  1. (informal) Beyond the mainstream.
    • In another, if fringier, analysis, the show’s focus on the struggles of a contained brigade of human survivors in a post-apocalyptic galaxy is a loose parable for the events in the Book of Mormon: Gaius Baltar (James Callis), the venal scientist turned collaborator turned false prophet turned...2009 March 21, Ginia Bellafante, “Show About the Universe Raises Questions on Earth”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    fringe
  2. Adorned with fringes.

Questions about fringier

What is fringier the comparative form of?
Fringier is the comparative form of fringy.

Words near fringier in the dictionary

  1. fringeth
  2. Fringeverse
  3. fringeworthy
  4. fringey
  5. fringie
  6. fringier
  7. fringies
  8. fringiest
  9. fringillaceous
  10. fringillid
  11. fringillids

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