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swanny

swanny adjective: resembling or characteristic of a swan. Also the alternative form of swan.

Adjective

swanny (comparative swannier, superlative swanniest)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a swan.
    • a swanny glossiness of the neck1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC

Proper noun capitalized: Swanny

Swanny

  1. A nickname of the surnames Swan and Swann.

Also used as

swanny is also the alternative form of swan.

Forms of swanny

Adjective
comparativeswannier
superlativeswanniest
Verb
third-person singular presentswannies
present participleswannying
past participleswannied
pastswannied

Origin of swanny

From swan + -y.

From “(I) shall warrant ye”; later re-interpreted as a minced oath of swear. Compare swan.

Names + -y.

Questions about swanny

What does swanny mean?
Swanny means resembling or characteristic of a swan.
What part of speech is swanny?
Swanny can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near swanny in the dictionary

  1. swannier
  2. swanniest
  3. swanning
  4. Swannington
  5. swannish
  6. swanny
  7. swanpan
  8. swanpans
  9. Swanpool
  10. swans
  11. Swans Crossing

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