seaweedy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From seaweed +‎ -y.

Adjective[edit]

seaweedy (comparative more seaweedy, superlative most seaweedy)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of seaweed.
  2. Containing seaweed.
    • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, [], →OCLC:
      The twins were now playing in the most approved brotherly fashion till at last Master Jacky who was really as bold as brass there was no getting behind that deliberately kicked the ball as hard as ever he could down towards the seaweedy rocks.

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