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sky-high

adj

Etymology

From sky + high.

  1. derived from *kewk-✻ — “to bend; crooked”
  2. inherited from *hauhaz✻ — “high”
  3. inherited from *hauh✻ — “high”
  4. inherited from hēah — “high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime, illustrious, important, proud, haughty, deep, right”
  5. inherited from high
  6. compounded as sky-high — “sky + high”

Definitions

  1. extremely tall

    • a sky-high building
    • She is elegant on sky-high heels in spite of the rubble and the cracks in the paving.

  2. excessive, exorbitant

    • The fees were sky-high, so I refused to pay.
    • Superinflation blew prices sky-high.
    • They had to bid against a private buyer, which pushed the price sky high.

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