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Beachy

//ˈbiːt͡ʃi// adj, name

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the material making up the edge of a seashore, as with pebbles, gravel, and sand.

    "O God that one might reade the booke of fate, / And ſee the reuolution of the times, / Make mountaines leuell, and the continent / Weary of ſolide firmeneſſe melt it ſelfe / Into the ſea, and other times to ſee, / The beachie girdle of the ocean, / Too wide for Neptunes hips, how chances mockes, / And changes fill the cup of alteration, / With diuers liquors!"

  2. 2
    Pertaining to a beach or something beach-like.

    "2004 Exporters, here's a "beachy" place to get your feet wet. It's close by, and one of the main tourist destinations in the Caribbean. — USDA site"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

From beach + -y.

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