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stalky

adj

Etymology

From stalk + -y.

  1. derived from *stel-✻ — “to place, stand; be stiff; stud, post, trunk, stake, stem, stalk”
  2. derived from *stalô✻
  3. inherited from *stalukaz✻
  4. inherited from *staluk✻
  5. inherited from *stealc✻
  6. inherited from stalke
  7. suffixed as stalky — “stalk + y”

Definitions

  1. Long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.

    • I peeped between the stalky parts of the Lindsays’ lilacs.

  2. Of a plant, having stalks.

  3. Resembling or characteristic of a stalker

    Resembling or characteristic of a stalker; seeming to hunt or covertly follow a person.

    • a stalky ex-boyfriend

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