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neony

neony adjective: being vivid in color, like neon colors or a neon sign.

Adjective

neony (comparative more neony, superlative most neony)

  1. Being vivid in color, like neon colors or a neon sign.
    • The oak tree in the garden next door was illuminated by the bright light that went on automatically every night, and there the leaves were, floating in the neony glow, their veins traced black on the air.1997, Schaeffer, Susan Fromberg, The Golden Rope

Forms of neony

comparativemore neony
superlativemost neony

Origin of neony

From neon + -y.

Questions about neony

What does neony mean?
Neony means being vivid in color, like neon colors or a neon sign.
What part of speech is neony?
Neony is an adjective.

Words near neony in the dictionary

  1. neontologic
  2. neontological
  3. neontologist
  4. neontologists
  5. neontology
  6. neony
  7. neonym
  8. neonyms
  9. neonymy
  10. neoodorobioside
  11. neoorthodox

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