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steamy

adj
/ˈstiː.mi/

Etymology

From steam + -y.

  1. derived from *dʰewh₂-✻
  2. inherited from *staumaz✻
  3. inherited from stēam
  4. inherited from steem
  5. suffixed as steamy — “steam + y”

Definitions

  1. Warm and humid

    Warm and humid; full of steam.

    • My glasses fogged up when I walked into the steamy room.

  2. Resembling or characteristic of steam.

  3. Erotic.

    • Her latest novel was very steamy, but still managed to top the charts.
    • I'm having a steamy affair with an Armenian boxer.
    • There is “lots of action and a lot of steamy stuff, lots of hot dudes”, Maas told Kelly Clarkson this month.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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