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muttony

muttony adjective: like mutton; having a flavour of mutton.

Adjective

muttony (comparative more muttony, superlative most muttony)

  1. Like mutton; having a flavour of mutton.
    • I confess to having felt a prejudice against sleeping in a bag, more especially a sheepskin bag, which would probably have a muttony odor; but it was pronounced to be the warmest and least cumbersome form of bedding we could have […]1891, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction, volume 17, page 137

Forms of muttony

comparativemore muttony
superlativemost muttony

Origin of muttony

From mutton + -y.

Words formed from muttony

Questions about muttony

What does muttony mean?
Muttony means like mutton; having a flavour of mutton.
What part of speech is muttony?
Muttony is an adjective.

Words near muttony in the dictionary

  1. muttonmonger
  2. muttonmongers
  3. muttons
  4. muttonwood
  5. muttonwoods
  6. muttony
  7. Muttra
  8. muttrimonies
  9. muttrimony
  10. mutts
  11. mutua

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