lurky

English

Etymology

From lurk +‎ -y.

Adjective

lurky (comparative more lurky, superlative most lurky)

1. (rare, informal) Tending to lurk; given to or indicative of lurking
   • 2010, Nikos Papastergiadias, Spatial Aesthetics:

     This form of personal attachment and spatial transformation is particularly evident when Pat Purdy talks about the 'lurky place' where the kids would seek refuge.

   • 2013, Dennis Carter, Shakespeare and Classic Works in the Classroom:

     The children's ideas were creative responses to the lines of the original: a lurky stream, dark, muddy, soil coming up from the bottom.

   • 2014, Gillian Dooley, Graham Nerlich, Never Mind about the Bourgeoisie:

     Since the red-back is highly venomous and since it is a lurky little bastard and since we all had kids of an age to poke their fingers into every possible spider-refuge, this was a worrying time.

Synonyms

• furtive

Derived terms

• lurkiness