Whiskery

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having hair on the cheeks and chin wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A whiskey distillery. rare

    "[…]where the house of God was hidden by whiskeries, wineries, and breweries that were built against it."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From whisker + -y.

Etymology 2

From whiskey/whisky + -ery.

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