clashy en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈklæʃi/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From clash + -y. Sense 1 is from the dialectal use of clash for a heavy rainfall.
Meanings
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(UK, dialectal, obsolete) Wet, rainy; muddy.
... t' wedder wes clashy an t' rooads clarty.
1887, Thomas Clarke, Specimens of the dialects of Westmorland, page 38:... it's nobbut a clashy night.
1892, Mrs. Humphry Ward, The History of David Grieve, page 203:She looked up and said, "It's rayder clashy." He assented to her remark for the rain was pouring down, and the roads were muddy and slippery[…]
1876, William Dickinson, Cumbriana; Or, Fragments of Cumbrian Life, page 81:... [not] the dress he kept for extra "clashy and clarty wark," but just his everyday fawn-coloured jeans and corduroys […]
1866, Elizabeth Lynn Linton, Lizzie Larton of Greyrigg: a Novel, page 271:
- (informal) That clash(es), that do(es) not match or fit stylistically.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| clashier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| clashiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |