tinfoily
tinfoily adjective: resembling or characteristic of tinfoil.
Adjective
tinfoily (comparative tinfoilier, superlative tinfoiliest)
- Resembling or characteristic of tinfoil.
- It tinkles. As it skitters along the ground, it makes a tinny, tinfoily little noise as its edges scrape along the concrete.2006, Michael Chorost, Rebuilt: My Journey Back to the Hearing World, page 54
- The walls were festooned with silver and white tinfoily stuff, and on every table stood a tall slim vase, spilling over with sprayed silver flowers.2011, Molly Hopkins, It Happened in Paris, page 379
- Characteristic of or prone to paranoia or conspiracy theories.
- By the time you land an engineering gig at Apple, you are a twitchy, tinfoily mess.2019, Clive Thompson, quoting Blake Ross, Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World, page 75
Forms of tinfoily
| comparative | tinfoilier |
|---|---|
| superlative | tinfoiliest |
Origin of tinfoily
From tinfoil + -y.
Questions about tinfoily
- What does tinfoily mean?
- Tinfoily means resembling or characteristic of tinfoil.
- What part of speech is tinfoily?
- Tinfoily is an adjective.
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