caky

English

Alternative forms

• cakey

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *kakǭ

Old Norse kakabor.

Middle English cake

English cake

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Germanic *-gaz

Proto-West Germanic *-g

Old English -iġ

Middle English -y

English -y

English caky

From cake + -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪ.ki/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪki

Adjective

caky (comparative cakier, superlative cakiest)

1. Resembling cake in texture.
   • 1883, Carl Heitzmann, Microscopical Morphology on the Animal Body in Health and Disease:

     […] they are converted into globules or plates of a faint luster, which, partly coalescing, represent irregular, caky masses.

Derived terms

• cakily
• cakiness

Anagrams

• YKCA, cyka, yack