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Easter-eggy en · ADJ

Etymology

From Easter egg + -y.

Meanings

1. Having a colour reminiscent of an Easter egg, typically a muted pastel.
   • Many other parishioners are wearing outfits with Easter-eggy colors— orange, yellow, pink, lavender. 2013, David Schickler, The Dark Path: A Memoir, page 4:
   • Mare Biltzstein has staged the show with pleasant informality and Aline Bernstein dresses it in nice Easter-eggy colors. 1950 December 14, William Hawkins, “Audience Shares Stage Spotlight”, in New York Theatre Critics' Reviews, volume XI, number 28, page 173:
   • Gabby's kitchen was painted a bright canary yellow, far too pastel, too Easter eggy. 2008, Bill Floyd, The Killer’s Wife, page 31:

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