chaffy

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English

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Etymology

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chaff +‎ -y

Adjective

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chaffy (comparative chaffier, superlative chaffiest)

  1. Like or containing chaff.
    • 2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 72:
      He chewed the chaffy end of a wheat stalk.