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giraffy

giraffy adjective: resembling a giraffe.

Adjective

giraffy (comparative more giraffy, superlative most giraffy)

  1. (rare) Resembling a giraffe.
    • The former were tall and grew even taller and the latter were small and as such they acquired an inferiority complex towards the tall giraffes, thinking that everything giraffy was better.1993, S. Mahalingam, Labour Participatory Economy

Forms of giraffy

comparativemore giraffy
superlativemost giraffy

Origin of giraffy

From giraffe + -y.

Questions about giraffy

What does giraffy mean?
Giraffy means resembling a giraffe.
What part of speech is giraffy?
Giraffy is an adjective.

Words near giraffy in the dictionary

  1. giraffoid
  2. giraffoids
  3. giraffomorph
  4. giraffomorphs
  5. giraffs
  6. giraffy
  7. girah
  8. girahs
  9. Giraldez
  10. Giraldo
  11. Giraldos

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