oceany
English edit
Etymology edit
ocean + -y. Doublet of oceanic.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
oceany (comparative more oceany, superlative most oceany)
- Characteristic of the ocean.
- 2007, Rosalie Wise Sharp, Rifke: An Improbable Life, page 144:
- Two other birds took up residence at our swimming pool, which I had painted an eggplant colour, giving the water an oceany hue.
- 2009 August 12, Melissa Clark, “Bluefish With a Crunchy Bite”, in New York Times[1]:
- My parents then roasted, baked and grilled the fillets for months without ever tiring of what my mother called their “sweet, oceany taste.”