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Japanesey

Japanesey adjective: somewhat Japanese; affecting a Japanese style.

Adjective

Japanesey (comparative more Japanesey, superlative most Japanesey)

  1. Somewhat Japanese; affecting a Japanese style.
    • The lawns are spotted with curious, low-spreading, Japanesey-looking trees, and under these trees students squat on the grass with their books.1922, Harper's Magazine
    • The American tourist in Japan looks less for what is Japanese than for what is Japanesey.1973, Daniel Joseph Boorstin, The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America

Synonyms of Japanesey

Forms of Japanesey

comparativemore Japanesey
superlativemost Japanesey

Origin of Japanesey

From Japanese + -y.

Words formed from Japanesey

Questions about Japanesey

What does Japanesey mean?
Japanesey means somewhat Japanese; affecting a Japanese style.
What part of speech is Japanesey?
Japanesey is an adjective.

Words near Japanesey in the dictionary

  1. Japanesely
  2. Japaneseness
  3. Japaneseries
  4. Japanesery
  5. Japaneses
  6. Japanesey
  7. Japanesic
  8. Japanesish
  9. Japanesque
  10. Japanesquely
  11. Japanesquery

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