Associations to the word «Starchy»

Wiktionary

STARCHY, adjective. Of or pertaining to starch.
STARCHY, adjective. Containing starch.
STARCHY, adjective. Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.
STARCHY, adjective. Having a starched personality; stiffly formal.

Dictionary definition

STARCHY, adjective. Consisting of or containing starch; "starchy foods".
STARCHY, adjective. Rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality".

Wise words

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