milk-chocolaty
milk-chocolaty adjective: resembling or characteristic of milk chocolate.
Adjective
milk-chocolaty (comparative more milk-chocolaty, superlative most milk-chocolaty)
- Resembling or characteristic of milk chocolate.
- [T]he pigeons kept coming too. I liked the pale milk-chocolaty ones with the dark iridescent rippling ruffs.1943, Vincent McHugh, “Wednesday: 18th February”, in I Am Thinking of My Darling: An Adventure Story, 3rd printing, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, section 1, page 24
- Sometimes I ate so much chocolate that I had to eat a Payday or two in between, just to counteract the sweet milk-chocolaty taste with a somewhat salty food.2003, Rosemary Black, “Halloween”, in The Kids’ Holiday Baking Book: 150 Favorite Dessert Recipes from Around the World, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, →ISBN, page 178
Forms of milk-chocolaty
| comparative | more milk-chocolaty |
|---|---|
| superlative | most milk-chocolaty |
| alternative form | milk chocolatey |
| alternative form | milk-chocolatey |
| alternative form | milk chocolaty |
Origin of milk-chocolaty
From milk chocolat(e) + -y. By surface analysis, milk + chocolat(e) + -y.
Questions about milk-chocolaty
- What does milk-chocolaty mean?
- Milk-chocolaty means resembling or characteristic of milk chocolate.
- What part of speech is milk-chocolaty?
- Milk-chocolaty is an adjective.
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