tusky

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʌs.ki/
• Rhymes: -ʌski

Etymology 1

From Middle English tusky, equivalent to tusk +‎ -y.

Adjective

tusky (comparative tuskier, superlative tuskiest)

1. Having tusks, especially prominent tusks.

   Synonym: tusked

   • 1697: John Dryden, The Aeneid translated from Virgil (Book I, line 448)

     […] And at full cry pursued the tusky boar.

Etymology 2

Noun

tusky (uncountable)

1. (dialect, Yorkshire) rhubarb, sticks from that vegetable
   • 1987 [1981], Tony Harrison, “The Rhubarbarians II”, in Continuous: 50 sonnets from 'The School of Eloquence' (Poetry), London: Rex Collins, →ISBN:

     […] mi little stick of Leeds grown tusky draws
     galas of rhubarb from the MET-set palms.

Anagrams

• skuyt

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tussky

Etymology

From tusk +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuskiː/

Adjective

tusky

1. (rare, Late Middle English) tusky

   Synonym: tuskyd

Descendants

• English: tusky

References

• “tuskī(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-22.