Clashy
//ˈklæʃi// adj, noun, slang
adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A khalasi. archaic
Adjective
- 1 Wet, rainy; muddy. UK, dialectal, obsolete
"... [not] the dress he kept for extra "clashy and clarty wark," but just his everyday fawn-coloured jeans and corduroys […]"
- 2 That clash(es), that do(es) not match or fit stylistically. informal
Example
More examples"... [not] the dress he kept for extra "clashy and clarty wark," but just his everyday fawn-coloured jeans and corduroys […]"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From clash + -y. Sense 1 is from the dialectal use of clash for a heavy rainfall.
Etymology 2
A corruption of a form similar to khalasi, likely Marathi खलाशी (khalāśī).
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