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beetly

adj

Etymology

From beetle + -y.

  1. inherited from *bitilô✻
  2. inherited from *bitilō✻
  3. inherited from bitula
  4. inherited from bitle
  5. suffixed as beetly — “beetle + y”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a beetle (the insect).

    • It felt like after sex, when the person you had been during sex had slinked away, leaving a beetly shell behind.

  2. beetle-browed

    • Looked around the lounge for tipped-off creditors – one beetly glare and I would have bolted.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA