sticky-outy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

stick out +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

sticky-outy (comparative more sticky-outy, superlative most sticky-outy)

  1. (informal, humorous) Sticking out; protruding.
    • 2009, Nicholson Baker, The Anthologist, page 133:
      In Karl Shapiro's autobiography there's a picture of Shapiro sitting at a round table with some of his students, and one of his students is Ted Kooser. Ted Kooser is an agreeable-looking young man with sticky-outy ears […]
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