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homey

noun
/ˈhoʊmi/US

Etymology

From home + -y.

  1. inherited from *ḱóymos✻ — “village, home”
  2. inherited from *haimaz✻ — “home, village”
  3. inherited from *haim✻
  4. inherited from hām
  5. inherited from hōm
  6. suffixed as homey — “home + y”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of homie.

  2. Befitting a home

    Befitting a home; cozy, intimate.

    • Susan added some homey touches to her office.
    • The enticing, homey scent of apple pie wafted into the hallway as she beckoned them into her lair.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for homey. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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