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scampy

/ˈskæmpi/

scampy adjective: scampish.

Adjective

scampy (comparative more scampy, superlative most scampy)

  1. scampish
    • Very often, after they sow their wild oats, some of those scampy young fellows settle down and marry a nice young girl and turn out very good husbands.1901, Miles Franklin, “One Grand Passion”, in My Brilliant Career, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 101
    • Thanks to his association with Fossey, Sembagare rises in life from scampy village tour guide to responsible adjutant.1988 September 30, Henry Sheehan, “The White Woman's Burden”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of scampy

comparativemore scampy
superlativemost scampy

Origin of scampy

From scamp + -y.

Questions about scampy

What does scampy mean?
Scampy means scampish.
What part of speech is scampy?
Scampy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce scampy?
Scampy is pronounced /ˈskæmpi/ (UK).

Words near scampy in the dictionary

  1. scampo
  2. scamps
  3. scampsman
  4. scampsmen
  5. Scampton
  6. scampy
  7. scams
  8. scamster
  9. scamsters
  10. Scamsung
  11. scamware

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