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lingy

lingy adjective: having ling, or heather, growing on it.

Adjective

lingy (comparative more lingy, superlative most lingy)

  1. Having ling, or heather, growing on it.
    • a lingy moor

Forms of lingy

comparativemore lingy
superlativemost lingy

Origin of lingy

From ling + -y.

Questions about lingy

What does lingy mean?
Lingy means having ling, or heather, growing on it.
What part of speech is lingy?
Lingy is an adjective.

Words near lingy in the dictionary

  1. Lingwa de Planeta
  2. Lingwood
  3. Lingwood and Burlingham
  4. Lingwoods
  5. Lingwu
  6. lingy
  7. Lingya
  8. Lingyuan
  9. lingzhi
  10. Lingít
  11. linha

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