English edit

Etymology edit

buttermilk +‎ -y

Adjective edit

buttermilky (comparative more buttermilky, superlative most buttermilky)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of buttermilk.
    Synonym: buttermilklike
    • 2008, June Davies, The Dog Star, Long Preston, North Yorkshire: Dales Large Print Books, published 2009, →ISBN, page 80:
      This high-necked one with the full sleeves would look well with the skirt, and the buttermilky colour matches the brown and cream nicely.
  2. (cooking) Prepared with buttermilk.
    Synonym: buttermilked
    • 1998 October 15, “Cooker’s corner: Home Ec for Hop kids”, in The Johns Hopkins News-Letter, volume CIII, number 7, [Baltimore, Md.]: [T]he students of The Johns Hopkins University, →OCLC, page 31:
      In yet another bowl, combine the bananas and buttermilk. Alternately add the floury salty mixture and the buttermilky banana mash to the first eggy sugary mixture.
    • 2001, Sharron Wood, Chow! San Francisco Bay Area: 300 Affordable Places for Great Meals & Good Deals, Seattle, Wash.: Sasquatch Books, →ISBN, page 75:
      The light, buttermilky waffles might be even better—especially when ordered with bacon crumbles.
    • 2014 July 9–16, Hannah Palmer Egan, “VerMexican: Taste Test: Mi Casa Kitchen & Bar, Stowe”, in Seven Days, volume 19, number 45, Burlington, Vt.: Da Capo Publishing Inc., →OCLC, page 46:
      And the dip, a buttermilky sauce made with feta from Bennington’s Maplebrook Farm, was a worthy accompaniment to crisp sticks of carrot and jicama — a hydrating, south-of-the-border vegetable and fine stand-in for celery.