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toyous

toyous adjective: having little importance; trivial, pointless.

Adjective

toyous (comparative more toyous, superlative most toyous)

  1. (obsolete) Having little importance; trivial, pointless.
    • This is my reſt: if more I knevv I ſhould but knovv too much, / Or build in my conceited brayne too high aboue my touch, / Or elſe againft the haire in all prooue toyous: […]1602, William Warner, “The Fifth Booke. Chapter XXVII.”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: […], 5th edition, London...

Forms of toyous

comparativemore toyous
superlativemost toyous

Origin of toyous

From toy + -ous.

Questions about toyous

What does toyous mean?
Toyous means having little importance; trivial, pointless.
What part of speech is toyous?
Toyous is an adjective.

Words near toyous in the dictionary

  1. Toyota
  2. Toyotaism
  3. Toyotas
  4. Toyotism
  5. Toyotomi
  6. toyous
  7. toys
  8. Toys Hill
  9. toys in the attic
  10. toys with
  11. toys-to-life

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