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surnamey

surnamey adjective: resembling or characteristic of a surname.

Adjective

surnamey (comparative more surnamey, superlative most surnamey)

  1. (informal, nonce-word) Resembling or characteristic of a surname.
    • Something androgynous, one of those trendy surnamey names that they'd chosen for their own daughter. Probably something like 'Ward'.2016, Christina Hopkinson, The Weekend Wives

Forms of surnamey

comparativemore surnamey
superlativemost surnamey

Origin of surnamey

From surname + -y.

Questions about surnamey

What does surnamey mean?
Surnamey means resembling or characteristic of a surname.
What part of speech is surnamey?
Surnamey is an adjective.

Words near surnamey in the dictionary

  1. surmulots
  2. surname
  3. surnamed
  4. surnameless
  5. surnames
  6. surnamey
  7. surnaming
  8. surnatant
  9. surnatants
  10. surnay
  11. surnays

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