tusky

English

Etymology

From Middle English tusky, from tusk + -y.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tusky (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal, 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.

Adjective

tusky (comparative tuskier, superlative tuskiest)

  1. Having tusks, especially prominent tusks.
    • 1697: John Dryden, The Aeneid translated from Virgil (Book I, line 448)
      [] And at full cry pursued the tusky boar.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From tusk + -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuskiː/

Adjective

tusky

  1. (rare, Late Middle English) tusky

Descendants

References

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