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classy

adj
/ˈklɑːsi/UK

Etymology

From class + -y. Piecewise doublet of classic.

  1. derived from *kelh₁-✻ — “to call, shout”
  2. derived from classis
  3. borrowed from classe
  4. suffixed as classy — “class + y”

Definitions

  1. Elegant, highly stylish or fashionable.

    • That's a very classy outfit you're wearing.

  2. Of a superior type

    Of a superior type; especially, exhibiting admirable personal qualities.

    • Ignoring his coarse insults was a classy response.
    • Manchester City put the Carlos Tevez saga behind them with a classy victory at Blackburn that keeps them level on points with leaders Manchester United.

  3. Obsolete form of khalasi.

The neighborhood

Derived

classily, classiness, stay classy, unclassy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at classy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01classy02stylish03dress04doll05figure06representation07demographic08classify

A definitional loop anchored at classy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at classy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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