Word of the Day:
smoky
What It Means
Filled with or enveloped in tobacco smoke.
a few smoky jazz notes
Smoky in Context
“Frankly I don’t think his smoky Armenian looks drew their attention so much as the languid elegance of his manner, […]”
Did You Know?
From Middle English smoke, smokei, smoki, smokie, smoky, equivalent to smoke + -y (adjectival suffix). Doublet of Samoki.
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