Scaffoldy
adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Of a building or a wall: covered in or looking like a scaffold. informal
""The result has rather a scaffoldy and incomplete appearance, which would be happily remedied by the coloring brush and a few shadings, easily thrown in, but the measurements are correct, and the proportions and the relations of the several of the several buildings to one another, are accurately represented.""
- 2 Resembling a scaffold. figuratively, informal
"Evan pushed the twist of hair off his forehead and regarded the shadow. It was long and straight and lean and scaffoldy, like a cross on a spire."
Example
More examples""The result has rather a scaffoldy and incomplete appearance, which would be happily remedied by the coloring brush and a few shadings, easily thrown in, but the measurements are correct, and the proportions and the relations of the several of the several buildings to one another, are accurately represented.""
Etymology
From scaffold + -y.
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