beachy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈbiːt͡ʃi/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bakiz Proto-West Germanic *baki Old English bæċ Middle English bache English beach Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English beachy From beach + -y.
Meanings
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Pertaining to the material making up the edge of a seashore, as with pebbles, gravel, and sand.
O God that one might reade the booke of fate, / And ſee the reuolution of the times, / Make mountaines leuell, and the continent / Weary of ſolide firmeneſſe melt it ſelfe / Into the ſea, and other times to ſee, / The beachie girdle of the ocean, / Too wide for Neptunes hips, how chances mockes, / And changes fill the cup of alteration, / With diuers liquors!
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
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Pertaining to a beach or something beach-like.
Exporters, here's a "beachy" place to get your feet wet. It's close by, and one of the main tourist destinations in the Caribbean.
2004, USDA site, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2006:‘Year-round sunshine practically guaranteed’: Le Mourillon is Toulon’s cool, beachy quarter [title]
2026 June 22, Rachel Hosie, “‘Year-round sunshine practically guaranteed’: Le Mourillon is Toulon’s cool, beachy quarter”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beachier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| beachiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |