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junky

adj
/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkiː/

Etymology

From junk + -y (“person associated”).

  1. derived from *d₂luuŋ✻ — “boat”
  2. derived from joṅ
  3. derived from ꦗꦺꦴꦁ
  4. derived from jong
  5. derived from جُنْك
  6. borrowed from jonk
  7. borrowed from junco
  8. suffixed as junky — “junk + y”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of junk

    Resembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low quality.

    • 1970–1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed in Pleasure I took my jewelry box & made a bracelet for J from an old broken necklace & the clasp from a junky pink charm bracelet.

  2. Full of junk.

    • We really need to clear out the junky basement.

  3. Alternative spelling of junkie.

The neighborhood

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