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posey

posey adjective: pretentious; posturing.

Adjective

posey (comparative posier, superlative posiest)

  1. (UK, informal) Pretentious; posturing.
    • […] I missed one of Freda's main revelations because I got distracted by the posey glide she was making across the room […]1994, Theatre Record, volume 14, numbers 9-16, page 896

Proper noun capitalized: Posey

Posey

  1. A surname.
  2. A census-designated place in Tulare County, California.
  3. An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Illinois.
  4. An unincorporated community in Lubbock County, Texas.
  5. An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
  6. Seven townships in Indiana; in Clay County, Fayette County, Franklin County, Harrison County, Rush County, Switzerland County and Washington County.

Forms of posey

comparativeposier
superlativeposiest

Origin of posey

From pose + -y.

Words formed from posey

Phrases with posey

Questions about posey

What does posey mean?
Posey means pretentious; posturing.
What part of speech is posey?
Posey can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near posey in the dictionary

  1. poseur
  2. poseurish
  3. poseurs
  4. poseuse
  5. poseuses
  6. posey
  7. Posey County
  8. Posey vest
  9. Posey vests
  10. Posești
  11. Posgam

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