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cornstarchy

adj

Etymology

From cornstarch + -y.

  1. derived from *sterg-✻ — “stiff, rigid”
  2. inherited from *starkī✻ — “stiffness, rigidity, fortitude, strength”
  3. inherited from *stierċe✻ — “stiffness, rigidity, strength”
  4. inherited from starche
  5. compounded as cornstarch — “corn + starch”
  6. suffixed as cornstarchy — “cornstarch + y”

Definitions

  1. Containing cornstarch.

    • Never mind that the sweetbreads à la financière arrive in a curdled, cornstarchy gravy — the Indian pudding is unsurpassable, with layers of flavor that trickle down like a windfall of Franklins.
    • For the dishes on most menus, you can usually count on excellent cole slaw, but the rest is somewhat uninspired, especially when it runs to canned peas and cornstarchy lemon meringue pie.
    • Cherie is a saloon singer who works at night and sleeps in the day, hence her pale complexion, which her [Marilyn Monroe’s] personal makeup artist, Allan Snyder, achieved by a dusting of white, cornstarchy face powder and pale pink rouge.

  2. Resembling or characteristic of cornstarch.

    • Cornstarch (about 1 to 1½ teaspoons per cup of liquid; allow time for gravy to cook and overcome the cornstarchy taste).
    • You’ll get rid of any residue cornstarchy taste if you continue to simmer the syrup for five minutes or so.
    • Outside in front of the vet’s office, the leaves were flaky, cornstarchy, and the mealy-apple smell of domestic animal lay in the air.

The neighborhood

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