pitchy

adj
/ˈpɪt͡ʃi/

Etymology

From Middle English pycchy, pychy, equivalent to pitch + -y.

  1. inherited from pycchy

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling pitch.

  2. Very dark black

    Very dark black; pitch-black.

    • In front of me the road became pitchy black as though it was tarred, and I saw a contorted shape lying across the pathway.
    • But each time the night over the hills remained pitchy black. Then the rain came on more heavily again.
  3. Off pitch

    Off pitch; out of tune.

    • […] “Auto Tune”—digital voice processing initially designed to correct a “pitchy” (out-of-tune) singer's voice.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pitchy. 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