Specky
adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of spectacular mark. Australia, informal
"‘Snake was just talking about you, said you take a mean specky,’ she said. Adam felt his face colour. His marking skills weren′t that great."
- 2 One who wears spectacles. attributive, informal, often
"I am also honorary president of the SPFG (Society for People who are Famous for their Glasses). […] Our latest idea is 'outing' - putting up posters to force people to admit they're secret speckies. Our first target is the Queen, who only ever sneaks hers on to read the Opening of Parliament."
- 1 Resembling a speck, minuscule.
"19thC, John Ruskin, in 1909, The Works of John Ruskin, Volume 37, page 116, Far mightier, he, than any planet ; burning with his own planetary host doubtless round him ; and, on some speckiest of the specks of them, evangelical persons thinking our sun was made for them."
- 2 Spectacular. informal, not-comparable
- 3 Marked with specks; speckled.
"The window panes grow speckier hour by hour, / The parlour dust is thickening inch by inch."
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More examples"19thC, John Ruskin, in 1909, The Works of John Ruskin, Volume 37, page 116, Far mightier, he, than any planet ; burning with his own planetary host doubtless round him ; and, on some speckiest of the specks of them, evangelical persons thinking our sun was made for them."
Etymology
From speck + -y.
Clipping of spectacular + -y.
Clipping of spectacles (“eyeglasses”) + -y.
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