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starchy

adj
/ˈstɑɹt͡ʃi/US

Etymology

From starch + -y.

  1. derived from *sterg-✻ — “stiff, rigid”
  2. inherited from *starkī✻ — “stiffness, rigidity, fortitude, strength”
  3. inherited from *stierċe✻ — “stiffness, rigidity, strength”
  4. inherited from starche
  5. suffixed as starchy — “starch + y”

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to starch.

  2. Containing starch.

  3. Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric

    Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.

    • Beds were made, the dinner-table set, and then we got into our very starchiest and most uncomfortable clothes for church.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Having a starched personality

      Having a starched personality; stiffly formal.

The neighborhood

Derived

nonstarchy, non-starchy, pseudostarchy, starchily, starchiness, unstarchy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at starchy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at starchy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at starchy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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