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orange-juicy

orange-juicy adjective: resembling or characteristic of orange juice.

Adjective

orange-juicy (comparative more orange-juicy, superlative most orange-juicy)

  1. (informal, rare) Resembling or characteristic of orange juice.
    • Whereas at Wyndham’s Theatre, par exemple, where the great Sir Gerald has just produced yet another of those charmingly trifling A.A.M. plays, it’s cocktails all through the evening, and (’tween you and me) somewhat orange-juicy and Pussyfooty ones at that.1924 May 7, Blanchette [pseudonym], “Here We Go Gathering”, in The Bystander, volume LXXXII, number 1066, London, →OCLC, page 400B, column 3
    • If, as was the case with me, you do not find room at a table, you may possibly succeed in squeezing in at the bar. I did so, and there I found only one kind of drink being dispensed. It was a mixture of that same sort of “champagne” and a certainly peculiar orange-juicy sort of stuff at 110 francs...1945 March 23, W. Walter Crotch, “Gossip on the Boulevards: Montmartre’s Faded Pleasures Barter at Frontignan; a Cezanne Discovery”, in Liverpool Echo, number 20,325, Liverpool, Lancashire, →OCLC...
  2. (informal, rare) With orange juice.
    • Our pet baked pear dessert is this easy one in which the fruit is basted with a light orange-juicy syrup while it is in the oven. […] Ingredients: […] 1 cup strained orange juice, […]1954 August 25, Astrid Edington, “Pears Are Good Fruit Buy for Quick, Easy Desserts”, in The Napa Register, volume 164, number 79, Napa, Calif., →OCLC, page 3, column 4
    • Cotton dresses that wrap around are easy to iron and have the same big pockets that make blue jeans so popular for housework. Three or four that can be rotated through laundry, ironing and wearing can enable a woman to look fresh and un-orange-juicy each day.1956 May 19, Alicia Hart, “When Is a Lady Not a Lady?”, in Fort Myers News-Press, 72nd year, Fort Myers, Fla., →OCLC, page 10, column 2

Examples of orange-juicy in a sentence

  • It was a mixture of that same sort of “champagne” and a certainly peculiar orange-juicy sort of stuff at 110 francs (or 11s) for a small glass of the concoction!1945 March 23, W. Walter Crotch, “Gossip on the Boulevards: Montmartre’s Faded Pleasures Barter at Frontignan; a Cezanne Discovery”, in...
  • Manuel Strong and Lisa left Monday for a short winter vacation in sunny, orange-juicy Florida.1966 January 6, “Society-⁠-Personals-NoBreak;-Clubs”, in The Jackson Times, volume 14 (old)/55 (new), number 47, Jackson, Ky., →OCLC, page...
  • Everything about it is what is so pitifully called “prime time” TV: the California home with its orange-juicy sense of outdoor living;[…]1966 January 20, Stanley Kauffmann, “Stork Comedy, Bob Miscarry in Tube Reject”, in Houston Chronicle, final edition, volume 69, number 99...
  • Orlando: Orange-juicy fruit with a mild flavor.1985 June 23, Bill Sidnam, “Citrus: The Right Tree Can Deliver a Big Crop in a Small Space”, in Los Angeles Times Home, Los Angeles...

Forms of orange-juicy

comparativemore orange-juicy
superlativemost orange-juicy

Origin of orange-juicy

From orange juice + -y.

Questions about orange-juicy

What does orange-juicy mean?
Orange-juicy means resembling or characteristic of orange juice.
How do you use orange-juicy in a sentence?
It was a mixture of that same sort of “champagne” and a certainly peculiar orange-juicy sort of stuff at 110 francs (or 11s) for a small glass of the concoction!
What part of speech is orange-juicy?
Orange-juicy is an adjective.

Words near orange-juicy in the dictionary

  1. orange-crowned warbler
  2. orange-crowned warblers
  3. orange-footed scrubfowl
  4. orange-footed scrubfowls
  5. orange-juice
  6. orange-juicy
  7. orange-lined triggerfish
  8. Orange-Nassau
  9. orange-peel
  10. orange-peel bucket
  11. orange-peel buckets

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