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goosebumpy en · ADJ

Etymology

From goosebump + -y.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Affected by, or characteristic of, goosebumps.
    • I felt this twinge, this sort of goosebumpy feeling... 2002, Barbara Ware Holmes, Following Fake Man:
    • You say you feel goosebumpy? Good. That's the way you ought to feel. 1965, Don Robertson, The greatest thing since sliced bread:
    • Oh, Barney, I get all goosebumpy when I think about it. Don't you, kids? 1987, Jerome McDonough, I'll be Cloned for Christmas:

Forms

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more goosebumpy Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most goosebumpy Degree=Sup lexicographic