Whiskery
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A whiskey distillery. rare
"[…]where the house of God was hidden by whiskeries, wineries, and breweries that were built against it."
- 1 Having whiskers.
"[T]he old lady is as ugly as any woman in the parish, and as tall and whiskery as a Grenadier."
- 2 Having protrusions resembling whiskers.
"Smiling, he gave us a salute, turned his horse and rode down the trail, through the high hairy weeds and whiskery flowers thriving among the rocks and faded ruts of the road."
- 3 Resembling whiskers.
"[…] all the white trees, tall like poles, that went up and up to where, right at the top, among whiskery branches, were bits of blue that were the sky."
- 4 Involving or caused by whiskers.
"He bent his great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very scratchy, whiskery kiss."
- 5 Old. UK, humorous
"It is, of course, the most whiskery old cliché, but clichés usually have their basis in fact, and this one certainly does: Historically, the French have paid extraordinary—some would say excessive—attention to what they eat and how they eat it."
- 1 having hair on the cheeks and chin wordnet
Example
More examples"[T]he old lady is as ugly as any woman in the parish, and as tall and whiskery as a Grenadier."
Etymology
From whisker + -y.
From whiskey/whisky + -ery.
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