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margariney

margariney adjective: margarinelike.

Adjective

margariney (comparative more margariney, superlative most margariney)

  1. (rare) Margarinelike.
    • On bread or biscuits, even on hot toast, there isn’t a trace of that tell-tale ‘margariny’ feeling.1956 November 22, “Marianne margarine”, in The Daily Mail, number 22,116, Hull, page six
    • 1 TSP. OIL, COCONUT OIL OR MARGARINE-Y SUBSTANCE2014, Joshua Ploeg, This Ain’t No Picnic: Your Punk Rock Vegan Cookbook, Microcosm Publishing, →ISBN

Forms of margariney

comparativemore margariney
superlativemost margariney

Origin of margariney

From margarine + -y.

Questions about margariney

What does margariney mean?
Margariney means margarinelike.
What part of speech is margariney?
Margariney is an adjective.

Words near margariney in the dictionary

  1. margarined
  2. margarineless
  3. margarinelike
  4. margarinely
  5. margarines
  6. margariney
  7. margarining
  8. margarins
  9. margarita
  10. margaritaceous
  11. Margaritagate

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