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coughy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɒfi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkɔfi/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɑ.fi/ (cot-caught-merger)
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Etymology

From cough + -y.

Meanings

1. Characterized by coughing.
   • This genial, frail, chain-smoking septuagenarian is an agreeable, good-humoured conversationalist, who frequently punctuates proceedings with hearty, coughy chuckles. 2005, Julian Baggini, Jeremy Stangroom, What philosophers think, page 215:
   • The man looked ill, and she hoped he didn't have that coughy flu that had been wiping out everyone at the office. 1996, Frank Freudberg, Gasp!: a novel of revenge, page 213:

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