giraffy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

giraffe +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

giraffy (comparative more giraffy, superlative most giraffy)

  1. (rare) Resembling a giraffe.
    • 1993, S. Mahalingam, Labour Participatory Economy[1]:
      The former were tall and grew even taller and the latter were small and as such they acquired an inferiority complex towards the tall giraffes, thinking that everything giraffy was better.