adj
Meaning 1
Elegant, smart, or stylish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
dressy
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Pronunciation
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/ˈdɹɛsi/
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rhymes with -ɛsi
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CMU ARPABET: D R EH1 S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Fond of dressing up; keen on fashion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
in fancy clothing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English dress Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dressy From dress + -y.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: натруфен (natrufen) — elegant, smart or stylish
- Bulgarian: елегантен (eleganten) — elegant, smart or stylish
- Finnish: hieno — elegant, smart or stylish
- Finnish: tyylikäs — elegant, smart or stylish