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huggy

adj
/ˈhʌɡi/

Etymology

From hug + -y.

  1. derived from *hugiz✻ — “mind, thought, sense”
  2. derived from hugga — “to comfort, console”
  3. suffixed as huggy — “hug + y”

Definitions

  1. Tending to hug

    Tending to hug; affectionate in a physical way.

    • Gordy, who looks sort of like a bear cub, only not cute, is a very huggy person.
    • I wasn't typically a huggy person, but I knew better than to argue with anyone in Bones's genetic line.
    • Sonia is an affectionate but not very huggy woman.

The neighborhood

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