starchy

English

Etymology

From starch +‎ -y.

Adjective

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, The Book of Small, “Sunday,”
  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

starchiness

Translations

of or pertaining to starch

Finnish: tärkkelys- (fi)

Ido: fekulala

containing starch

Finnish: tärkkelyspitoinen
Ido: fekuloza (io)

Malay: berkanji

hardened with starch

Finnish: tärkätty (fi)

Russian: накрахмаленный (ru) m (nakraxmalennyj), накрахмаленная f (nakraxmalennaja)

of personality: starched

Finnish: jäykkä (fi), muodollinen (fi)

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