Hogwartsy
Hogwartsy adjective: resembling or characteristic of Hogwarts.
Adjective
Hogwartsy (comparative Hogwartsier or more Hogwartsy, superlative Hogwartsiest or most Hogwartsy)
- Resembling or characteristic of Hogwarts.
- the train line from Perth to Inverness goes past a string of lochs and a couple of forest parks: Tay and Glencoe. there is a castle in this area - Blair Castle, but it's not very Hogwartsy.2003 April 4, The Dude, “The lake.”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet)
- Zoe led me up an endless Hogwartsy staircase by the light of her many-candled candlestick, passing glass cases full of china dolls with scratchy faces and toys from the olden days and butterflies pinned to boards, all covered in cobwebs.2013, C.J. Skuse, Dead Romantic, Frome: The Chicken House, →ISBN, page 64
- Synonyms:
- Hogwarts-esque, Hogwartsian
Examples of Hogwartsy in a sentence
- Radcliffe’s take on an extroverted Newark Jew isn’t so un-Hogwartsy that Ginsberg himself ever comes to mind, but that would be distracting, wouldn’t it?2013 November 22–28, Michael Atkinson, “film*guide”, in OC Weekly, volume 19, number 13, page 33, column 3:
- There, around the entire block that encircles the museum (a gothic Hogwartsy thing in the center), streets are closed off and clogged with them.2014, Wendy Wunder, The Museum of Intangible Things, Razorbill, →ISBN, page 141:
- Just leaving the foyer made my ears pop and there was no chance I was ever finding my way round this mad maze of staircases, Hogwartsy nooks and crannies and never-ending corridors.2016, Rachel McIntyre, The #1 Rule for Girls, Electric Monkey, →ISBN, pages 16–17:
- Literally nothing feels as Hogwartsy as wearing a gown and walking through Main Court as the wind makes it billow, or cycling in your gown down King’s Parade.2016, St. Catharine’s College Freshers’ Guide 2016:
Synonyms of Hogwartsy
Forms of Hogwartsy
| comparative | Hogwartsier |
|---|---|
| comparative | more Hogwartsy |
| superlative | Hogwartsiest |
| superlative | most Hogwartsy |
Origin of Hogwartsy
From Hogwarts + -y.
Questions about Hogwartsy
- What does Hogwartsy mean?
- Hogwartsy means resembling or characteristic of Hogwarts.
- How do you use Hogwartsy in a sentence?
- Radcliffe’s take on an extroverted Newark Jew isn’t so un-Hogwartsy that Ginsberg himself ever comes to mind, but that would be distracting, wouldn’t it?
- What part of speech is Hogwartsy?
- Hogwartsy is an adjective.
Words near Hogwartsy in the dictionary
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