backgroundy

adj

Etymology

From background + -y.

  1. inherited from *grunduz
  2. inherited from *grundu
  3. inherited from grund
  4. inherited from ground
  5. compounded as background — “back + ground
  6. suffixed as backgroundy — “background + y

Definitions

  1. Suitable for, or resembling, a background.

    • Trees perhaps in the foreground — just budding — spring motif and morning motif. See? All a little faint and backgroundy.
    • There is some kind of backgroundy jazz music playing, which I know for a fact Francis can't stand, but which definitely suits the occasion more than anything he owns.

The neighborhood

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