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swarmy

adj

Etymology

From swarm + -y.

  1. inherited from *swarmijaną✻ — “to swarm”
  2. inherited from *swarmijan✻
  3. inherited from swirman — “to swarm”
  4. inherited from swarmen
  5. derived from *swer-✻ — “to buzz, hum”
  6. inherited from *swarmaz✻ — “swarm, dizziness”
  7. inherited from *swarm✻
  8. inherited from swearm — “swarm, multitude”
  9. inherited from swarm
  10. suffixed as swarmy — “swarm + y”

Definitions

  1. Of bees

    Of bees: inclined to swarm.

    • There are those who will dispute this statement, but the fact of the matter is that swarminess is an inherited character and young queens produced by a swarmy colony will, most probably, also head swarmy colonies.

  2. Swarming with people or activity

    Swarming with people or activity; teeming.

    • This market is the noisiest and swarmiest centre of noisy and swarming Florence, and I always like to pass through it on that account.

  3. Unscrupulous, sleazy, sneaky.

The neighborhood

Derived

swarminess

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for swarmy. 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