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yoky

yoky adjective: pertaining to or consisting of a yoke.

Adjective

yoky (comparative more yoky, superlative most yoky)

  1. (rare) pertaining to or consisting of a yoke
    • Of endless youth allotted them, fell through the yoky sphere, […]1857, Homer, The Iliads of Homer
  2. (rare) yoked
    • Drawn by the strength of yoky dragons' necks, […]1907, Christopher Marlowe, F. J. Cox, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

Forms of yoky

comparativemore yoky
superlativemost yoky

Origin of yoky

From yoke + -y.

Questions about yoky

What does yoky mean?
Yoky means pertaining to or consisting of a yoke.
What part of speech is yoky?
Yoky is an adjective.

Words near yoky in the dictionary

  1. Yokum
  2. Yokums
  3. Yokut
  4. Yokuts
  5. Yokutsan
  6. yoky
  7. yola
  8. Yola North
  9. Yola South
  10. Yolanda
  11. Yolande

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