yeasty

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈjiːsti/

Definition of yeasty

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Having or resembling yeast.
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adj

  1. Having or resembling yeast.
  2. Foamy and frothy.
    “The Ocean when its yeasty war is waging / Is awful to the vessel near the rock [...].”
  3. Emotionally bubbling over (as with exuberance)
  4. Trivial.
    “Thus has he, and many more of the same breed that I know the drossy age dotes on, only got the tune of the time and, out of an habit of encounter, a kind of yeasty collection, which carries them through and through the most profane and winnowed opinions”

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Etymology

From yeast + -y.

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