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icebergy

icebergy adjective: resembling or characteristic of an iceberg.

Adjective

icebergy (comparative icebergier or more icebergy, superlative icebergiest or most icebergy)

  1. (colloquial) Resembling or characteristic of an iceberg.
    • Remember those signs? They had a sort of icebergy motif and the sign said "IT'S COOL INSIDE!!!" with the icebergy stuff dripping all over the word COOL.1991, Jim Ritchie, Shocco Tales: Southern Fried Sagas, self-published, published 1997, →ISBN, page 45
    Synonyms:
    bergy
  2. (colloquial) Filled with icebergs.
    • For good nautical fun, nothing beats the blizzardy, icebergy waters of the North Sea.1996 January, John Skow, “Heave To, Felix! Thar Blow Th' Faeroes!”, in Outside
    Synonyms:
    bergy
  3. (colloquial, figuratively) Cold or unfriendly in manner.
    • "Well, so it went on for weeks and weeks — Jenny chatting and playing the agreeable to all others, but decidedly icebergy toward me. […]1857 May, Mary W. Janvrin, “How Jenny Was Won”, in Peterson's Magazine
    Synonyms:
    bergy

Synonyms of icebergy

Forms of icebergy

comparativeicebergier
comparativemore icebergy
superlativeicebergiest
superlativemost icebergy

Origin of icebergy

From iceberg + -y.

Questions about icebergy

What does icebergy mean?
Icebergy means resembling or characteristic of an iceberg.
What part of speech is icebergy?
Icebergy is an adjective.

Words near icebergy in the dictionary

  1. iceberg theory
  2. iceberg video
  3. iceberg videos
  4. iceberglike
  5. icebergs
  6. icebergy
  7. icebird
  8. icebirds
  9. iceblink
  10. iceblinks
  11. iceblock

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