roachy
roachy adjective: resembling or characteristic of cockroaches.
Adjective
roachy (comparative more roachy or roachier, superlative most roachy or roachiest)
- Resembling or characteristic of cockroaches.
- (a).—Active, wary, light-brown insects with a “roachy” odour, found in pantries and bakeries; several species but the most common is the Croton-Bug or German Cockroach. (Ectobia Germanica)1915, W. Lochhead, “Insects Affecting Shade Trees, Greenhouse Plants, Domestic Animals and the Household”, in Seventh Annual Report of the Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants from Insects and...
- Why, it leaves spots, and if you should take a cup and saucer, probably put coffee in it and drink out of it, you have a roachy taste which you may imagine it might be the food that is spoiled, something of that kind, but it is nothing but the liquid that comes from the mouth of the roach.1920, Supreme Court
- Synonyms:
- cockroachy
- Infested with cockroaches.
- “Shelter is shelter, such a night as this, if it is the waste and desert gloom of Malone’s establishment with its mackerel-scented halls and roachy corners,” she continued, plunging into the shadows of the long, dim hall, and feeling in the dark for her door-knob; […]1882 December, Hattie Whitney, “Bachelor Brindle’s Christmas”, in Demorest’s Monthly Magazine, volume XIX, number 2/CCXV, page 68, column 2
- Another letter tells of visiting Mary Earle on Long Island. It sounds fine, but you are right that romantic things really happened in roachy kitchens and back yards.1937 October 8, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Andrew Turnbull, The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., published 1963, republished 1966, page 32
- Synonyms:
- cockroachy
Examples of roachy in a sentence
- This “roachy” taste and smell is communicated partly by the wax which is secreted by certain glands on the body, and partly also by the saliva ejected through the mouth.1921, Frederick Laing, The Cockroach: Its Life History and How to Deal with It (Economic Series; 12), London: […] [T]he Trustees of the...
- They fought like wolves for the sticky smears on discarded candy wrappers and did strange, roachy things in the folds of our blankets.1968, John Mac Isaac, Half the Fun Was Getting There, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, →LCCN, page 39:
- My husband and I once bought a dilapidated, roachy house in San Antonio, Texas and turned it into an adorable Mary Engelbreit cottage.2008, Gina Calvert, “Transformation: A Primal Reality”, in From Gravel to Glory: Becoming a House of God, Chillicothe, Oh.: DeWard...
- They increase - when left alone, / They will sure turn your beautiful sanctuary, / Into their roachy home.2017, Marslyn A Hodge, “Cock-A-Roachy”, in Expressions, Bloomington, Ind.: WestBow Press, Thomas Nelson & Zondervan, →ISBN:
Synonyms of roachy
Forms of roachy
| comparative | more roachy |
|---|---|
| comparative | roachier |
| superlative | most roachy |
| superlative | roachiest |
Origin of roachy
From roach + -y.
Questions about roachy
- What does roachy mean?
- Roachy means resembling or characteristic of cockroaches.
- How do you use roachy in a sentence?
- This “roachy” taste and smell is communicated partly by the wax which is secreted by certain glands on the body, and partly also by the saliva ejected through the mouth.
- What part of speech is roachy?
- Roachy is an adjective.
Words near roachy in the dictionary
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