Poshy
adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Of land: sticky, clayey, binding. archaic
"Plant shrubs and trees, deciduous or evergreen; but avoid a poshy state of the land, if it be binding or clayey."
- 2 Posh. colloquial
"Trau, “The Morning Show”, Tele Reviews, page 27, column 5: Casting the top news developments, here and there supported by films, is Charles Collingwood, another down-to-earther despite the poshy aura about his background (Rhodes scholar, etc.) and the meticulous grooming. Abel, “Shirl Conway”, New Acts, page 55, column 5: Shirl Conway has been around in the poshier bistros and, after a European sabbatical, is back in the U.S., at the Maisonette of the plush St. Regis Hotel."
Example
More examples"Plant shrubs and trees, deciduous or evergreen; but avoid a poshy state of the land, if it be binding or clayey."
Etymology
From posh + -y.
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