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kissy

kissy adjective: sentimentally affectionate. Also the diminutive of kiss.

Adjective

kissy (comparative kissier, superlative kissiest)

  1. Sentimentally affectionate.
  2. (informal) Tending to kiss.
    • "Oh, and one of the kissy girls was Prom King and Queen! I know they said it was a mistake, but I'm still so confused!"2020 January 29, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 1228 - Lovely Morning
  3. (informal) Tending to kiss frequently.
    • We sat behind an obnoxiously kissy couple in the cinema.
  4. (informal) Suited to kissing; resembling or relating to kissing.
    • kissy lips
    • Kissy face, kissy face / Sent to your phone, but / I'm tryna kiss your lips for real (uh-huh, uh-huh)2023 November 7 (date recorded), Chae Young Park [i.e., Rosé]; Bruno Mars [pseudonym; Peter Gene Hernandez] [et al.], “Apt.”, in Rosie, performed by Rosé and Bruno Mars, New York, N.Y.: Atlantic...

Proper noun capitalized: Kissy

Kissy

  1. A neighbourhood at the east end of Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Also used as

kissy is also the diminutive of kiss.

Forms of kissy

Adjective
comparativekissier
superlativekissiest
Noun
pluralkissies
alternative formkissie

Origin of kissy

From kiss (noun and verb) + -y (adjectival suffix).

From kiss (noun) + -y (diminutive suffix).

Words formed from kissy

Phrases with kissy

Words that rhyme with kissy

Questions about kissy

What does kissy mean?
Kissy means sentimentally affectionate.
What part of speech is kissy?
Kissy can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near kissy in the dictionary

  1. kisspers
  2. kissproof
  3. kissra
  4. kisstory
  5. kissworthy
  6. kissy
  7. kissy up
  8. kissy-kissied
  9. kissy-kissies
  10. kissy-kissy
  11. kissy-kissying

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