Marshmallowy
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Resembling or characteristic of a marshmallow.
"An ice-cube crusher for $1, a cake slicer, something like a miniature rake, to cut smoothly through the marshmallowiest frosting without a leak, for $1, […] were just a few I put on my list."
- 2 Resembling or characteristic of a marshmallow.; Soft and fluffy.
- 3 Tending to be a pushover; overly accommodating.
"“It changed Gable from a heavy to a comedian in It Happened One Night. It changed Jean Arthur from a marshmallowy ingenue to a hard-boiled wise- cracker in The Whole Town's Talking.”"
- 4 Vacuous.
"The spirit of Oprah is haunting yet another session of Sex Week. Once again, a basically tawdry event has come packaged in all kinds of marshmallowy language about self-understanding and self-acceptance."
Example
More examples"An ice-cube crusher for $1, a cake slicer, something like a miniature rake, to cut smoothly through the marshmallowiest frosting without a leak, for $1, […] were just a few I put on my list."
Etymology
From marshmallow + -y.
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