weevily
weevily adjective: infested with or containing weevils.
Adjective
weevily (comparative more weevily, superlative most weevily)
- Infested with or containing weevils.
- A considerable portion of the rice now on hand is of inferior quality, and weevily; it gives distaste in families, and few domestics make sufficiently good use of their eyes to pick it carefully.1813, The Literary Panorama, Volume 13, “State of Trade,” Lloyd’s Coffee House, June 21, p. 1037
- O, I’ll have none of your weevily wheat,
And I’ll have none of your barley,
O, I’ll have none of your weevily wheat
To bake a cake for Charlie.1893, Albert Paine, “Weevily Wheat”, in Rhymes by Two Friends, Fort Scott, Kansas, page 112
Forms of weevily
| comparative | more weevily |
|---|---|
| superlative | most weevily |
| alternative form | weevilly |
Origin of weevily
From weevil + -y.
Questions about weevily
- What does weevily mean?
- Weevily means infested with or containing weevils.
- What part of speech is weevily?
- Weevily is an adjective.
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