starchy

English edit

Etymology edit

From starch +‎ -y.

Adjective edit

starchy (comparative starchier or more starchy, superlative starchiest or most starchy)

Of or pertaining to starch.
Containing starch.
Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.
- 1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday”, in The Book of Small:
  Beds were made, the dinner-table set, and then we got into our very starchiest and most uncomfortable clothes for church.
Having a starched personality; stiffly formal.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

of or pertaining to starch

Finnish: tärkkelys- (fi)
Ido: fekulala
Slovak: škrobový (sk)

containing starch

Chinese:
Mandarin: 有淀粉的
Finnish: tärkkelyspitoinen
Ido: fekuloza (io)
Malay: berkanji

hardened with starch

Bulgarian: колосан (bg) (kolosan)
Finnish: tärkätty (fi)
Russian: накрахмаленный (ru) m (nakraxmalennyj), накрахмаленная (ru) f (nakraxmalennaja)
Slovak: škrobený

of personality: starched

Bulgarian: скован (bg) (skovan)
Finnish: jäykkä (fi), muodollinen (fi)
Slovak: škrobený

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Spanish: almidonado (es), acartonado (es)