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Etymology

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From thrum +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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thrummy (comparative more thrummy, superlative most thrummy)

  1. Like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums.
    • 1697, William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World. [], London: [] James Knapton, [], →OCLC:
      In the middle stands a Columella thick set with thrummy apicula , which argue this Plant to belong to the Malvaceous kind
    • a. 1642, 1683 (published), John Chalkhill, Thealma and Clearchus
      On her head a thrummy cap she had.

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thrummy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.