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quenchier

quenchier is the comparative form of quenchy.

Meaning of quenchy

Adjective

quenchy (comparative quenchier, superlative quenchiest)

  1. (informal, uncommon) Quenching.
    • After supper the Princess made us drink some Quass: they put a little mint into it. It is certainly a very quenchy draught. The Princess could not help exclaiming how much is this superior to lemonade.1792 December 29, John Parkinson, edited by William Collier, A Tour of Russia, Siberia and the Crimea, 1792–1794, London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd., published 1971, →ISBN; quoted in A[nthony] G[lenn]...

Questions about quenchier

What is quenchier the comparative form of?
Quenchier is the comparative form of quenchy.

Words near quenchier in the dictionary

  1. quencher
  2. quenchers
  3. quenches
  4. quenchest
  5. quencheth
  6. quenchier
  7. quenchiest
  8. quenching
  9. quenchingly
  10. quenchings
  11. quenchless

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