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gneissy

gneissy adjective: resembling or containing gneiss.

Adjective

gneissy (comparative more gneissy, superlative most gneissy)

  1. Resembling or containing gneiss.

Forms of gneissy

comparativemore gneissy
superlativemost gneissy

Origin of gneissy

From gneiss + -y.

Questions about gneissy

What does gneissy mean?
Gneissy means resembling or containing gneiss.
What part of speech is gneissy?
Gneissy is an adjective.

Words near gneissy in the dictionary

  1. gneissoid
  2. gneissoids
  3. gneissose
  4. gneissosities
  5. gneissosity
  6. gneissy
  7. gnemonol
  8. gnemonols
  9. gnemonoside
  10. gnemonosides
  11. gnepine

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