Contextualizebeta

leachy

adj

Etymology

From leach + -y.

  1. derived from *leǵ-✻ — “to leak”
  2. inherited from *lēkijō✻ — “a leak, drain, flow”
  3. inherited from *lǣċ✻
  4. inherited from leche — “leachate; sluggish stream”
  5. suffixed as leachy — “leach + y”

Definitions

  1. Permitting liquids to pass by percolation

    Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous.

    • Gravelly and sandy soils may be leachy.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for leachy. 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