Crocodilly
adj, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A crocodile. childish, colloquial
"Mostly they is crocodilly but some be alligator that favor the crocodilly. Right now the place have a high scent but don’t let these animals worry you none, Mr. Bernard. I’m gon’a fumigate this place and paint it up, pretty, pretty."
- 1 Alternative spelling of crocodiley. alt-of, alternative
"Kindly affectioned and unselfish to the bitter end, did the dying saurian once again lift up his crocodilly voice, now faint and tinny with the hollowness of dissolution, and cry, “Avaunt, good Saracen, avaunt! Bide further afield, lest peradventure, in the tantrums of death, I cleave thy skull with my scaly tail. But, oh! for the love of Him that made us both, speak no more so despitefully of crocodile tears”—and he wept aloud."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Mostly they is crocodilly but some be alligator that favor the crocodilly. Right now the place have a high scent but don’t let these animals worry you none, Mr. Bernard. I’m gon’a fumigate this place and paint it up, pretty, pretty."
Etymology
From crocodile + -y (diminutive suffix).
From crocodile + -y (adjectival suffix).
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