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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bingy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɪŋ.i/

Etymology

Compare dialectal bing (“of milk, etc: to curdle, to sour”) and perhaps bing (noun), used of various vessels for grain, wine, milk, etc.

Meanings

  1. (dialectal) Of milk or butter: ropy; having gone bad or soured.
    • By now the milk is bingy; I turn sulky with no butter for my bread. 2005, The Iowa Review, volume 35, page 147:

Forms

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most bingy Degree=Sup lexicographic
more bingy Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Coordinates

sour