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Klanny

Klanny adjective: resembling or reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan.

Adjective

Klanny (comparative more Klanny, superlative most Klanny)

  1. (informal) Resembling or reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan.
    • […] which might ridicule out of existence the Klanny red hood with which the feminine patriots had replaced the original old fashioned liberty cap.1972, G. Seldes, You Can't Do That
    • We are here to take you on a spiritual journey and not discuss our choice of robes that I will, for the record, say looked a little Klanny when we first put them on.2010, Terry Dugan, Rufus "Junior" Hickman, The Hick Arrives at the Tea Party (page 105)

Forms of Klanny

comparativemore Klanny
superlativemost Klanny

Origin of Klanny

From Klan + -y.

Questions about Klanny

What does Klanny mean?
Klanny means resembling or reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan.
What part of speech is Klanny?
Klanny is an adjective.

Words near Klanny in the dictionary

  1. Klanner
  2. Klanners
  3. Klannies
  4. Klannish
  5. Klanns
  6. Klanny
  7. klansfem
  8. klansfems
  9. klansman
  10. klansmasc
  11. klansmascs

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