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Starchy

//ˈstɑɹt͡ʃi// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to starch.
  2. 2
    Containing starch.
  3. 3
    Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.

    "Beds were made, the dinner-table set, and then we got into our very starchiest and most uncomfortable clothes for church."

  4. 4
    Having a starched personality; stiffly formal.
Adjective
  1. 1
    rigidly formal wordnet
  2. 2
    consisting of or containing starch wordnet

Etymology

From starch + -y.

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