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fringy

fringy adjective: beyond the mainstream.

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.

Synonyms of fringy

Forms of fringy

comparativefringier
superlativefringiest
alternative formfringey
alternative formfringe-y

Origin of fringy

From fringe + -y.

Words formed from fringy

Questions about fringy

What does fringy mean?
Fringy means beyond the mainstream.
What part of speech is fringy?
Fringy is an adjective.

Words near fringy in the dictionary

  1. fringing
  2. fringing reef
  3. fringing reefs
  4. fringings
  5. frings
  6. fringy
  7. Frinight
  8. Frinights
  9. frining
  10. Frink
  11. Frink ideal

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