bambooey

English

Etymology

bamboo +‎ -ey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæmˈbuːi/
• Rhymes: -uːi

Adjective

bambooey (comparative more bambooey, superlative most bambooey)

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of bamboo.
   • 1982 (published), Sylvia Plath, journal entry - May 15 1962

     Old Percy, with fixed, mad blue eye and a rusty scythe, was attacking the "Japanese creeper" bambooey plant which had shot up green in the alley by the drive.

   • 1990, Ray Salisbury, Sweet Thursday:

     There were rows and rows of shelves of books from the floor to the ceiling that came out between the windows and in the gloomy bit at the end of each row they'd put a bambooey-looking table with a jungly green plant […]