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hoardy

adj

Etymology

From hoard + -y.

  1. derived from *hurdi✻ — “wickerwork, braiding of branches, hurdle, scaffolding, military company”
  2. derived from *hurd✻
  3. derived from horde
  4. derived from hourd
  5. derived from hurde
  6. inherited from hord
  7. suffixed as hoardy — “hoard + y”

Definitions

  1. Tending to hoard

    Tending to hoard; grasping.

    • An employer dipping his hoardy hands into the pay packets of workers doesn't ever expect an applause.
    • I'm not a secretive, hoardy kind of person.
    • I hadn't wanted glass until George did; then I collected glass. I got hoardy, didn't want to give him the best pieces, though he's the one who knew to see them as beautiful.

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