Acorny

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling an acorn, acornlike.

    "At the time when an acorn exists, there doesn't seem to be anything else which is acorny (even when bronze has not yet been shaped into anything with a purpose, there is still at least a lump which is brazen, but it is hard to imagine anything corresponding for acorns)."

Example

More examples

"At the time when an acorn exists, there doesn't seem to be anything else which is acorny (even when bronze has not yet been shaped into anything with a purpose, there is still at least a lump which is brazen, but it is hard to imagine anything corresponding for acorns)."

Etymology

From acorn + -y.

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