Courtyardy

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a courtyard.

    "Casing the joint didn’t take long, and similar to Grier’s setup, the back of the house opened to a courtyardy thing that was gated—and there were no chalky footprints on the red brick there."

Example

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"Casing the joint didn’t take long, and similar to Grier’s setup, the back of the house opened to a courtyardy thing that was gated—and there were no chalky footprints on the red brick there."

Etymology

From courtyard + -y.

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