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Marmitey

Marmitey adjective: resembling the food product Marmite in taste, texture, etc.

Adjective

Marmitey (comparative more Marmitey, superlative most Marmitey)

  1. (informal) Resembling the food product Marmite in taste, texture, etc.
    • We've had unusual results with more familiar ingredients too – roast chicken cooked with Marmite was a winner – Marmite gave the chicken depth of flavour and we didn't really get a distinctive Marmitey taste once it was cooked […]2008, Antony Worrall Thompson, Paul Rankin, The People's Cookbook: A celebration of the nation's life through food
    • This long, dark cattle-shed is littered with jars of noxious chemicals, viscous brown liquids that reek of concentrated Prep School, and various rusted tins, scarily encrusted with Marmitey goop.2011, Michael Wright, Je't Aime la Folie, page 301
  2. (informal) Such that one either loves or hates it; polarizing.
    • 'Not all of them were engaged but most of them got a lot out of it. It was quite a challenge, it's a bit "Marmitey", some people loved it and said it was brilliant; some people loved Michael and the idea of it but said “It's not for me,”' said Sally Bonneywell, vice president, coaching.2013, Liz Hall, Mindful Coaching: How Mindfulness can Transform Coaching Practice

Forms of Marmitey

comparativemore Marmitey
superlativemost Marmitey

Origin of Marmitey

From Marmite + -y.

Questions about Marmitey

What does Marmitey mean?
Marmitey means resembling the food product Marmite in taste, texture, etc.
What part of speech is Marmitey?
Marmitey is an adjective.

Words near Marmitey in the dictionary

  1. marmit
  2. marmite
  3. Marmited
  4. Marmitegate
  5. marmites
  6. Marmitey
  7. Marmiting
  8. marmiton
  9. marmitons
  10. marmits
  11. Marmo

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