Dictionary

melty en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɛlti/

Etymology

Etymology tree English melt Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English melty From melt + -y.

Meanings

1. Having a high tendency to melt.
   • I must say that the meltiest, most evocative entry in this theme set is BRA OF CHOCOLATE, which, of course, started out as a bar of chocolate until Mr. Berry and the made up “Victoria’s Sweetness catalog” got hold of it. 2014 August 23, Deb Amlen, “Second Shift”, in The New York Times:
   • This creamy, melty cheese dip is delicious with crisp fresh vegetables. 2008, Linda Larsen, The $7 a Meal Slow Cooker Cookbook:
   • If you’ve ever eaten Buffalo chicken wings and thought, “These are so good, I just wish they were meltier and cheesier so I could scoop them up with tortilla chips,” here’s Ali’s Buffalo chicken dip. 2024 January 27, The New York Times Cooking, “Chips as Chicken and Wings as Dip”, in The New York Times:
2. In the state of being melted.
   • Serve this while the feta is still soft and melty, with some crusty bread to scoop it all up. 2022, Melissa Clark, Dinner in One, →ISBN, page 46:
   • Let the cookies cool for about 20 minutes before eating. They’re best when they’re slightly warm and the chocolate chips are still melty. Enjoy! 2020, Jenna Barnard, Butternut Bakery:
   • "Melt," Ms. Martinet directed Ms. Velko, as the young dancer assumed a deep arabesque. "This is really the meltiest of them all." 1991 April 14, Barbara Gilford, “DANCE; Capturing the Beauty In Ballet of Goddesses”, in The New York Times:

Forms

Deriveds

meltiness

melty en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɛlti/

Etymology

Etymology tree English melt Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English melty From melt + -y.

Meanings

1. (Internet, countable, uncountable) meltdown
   • From being considered one of the funniest users during early Twitter, to having a show that flopped ridiculously hard, to no longer being funny whatsoever, to having a melty about Twitter blue using a blocklist to block ALL blue subs 2023 July 12, MKUltraMoney, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2026:
   • melty on main! 2025 February 7, bvtm_tnd, Twitter, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2026:
   • Dude literally having a melty over a tank that has 23s reload 2023 September 11, MotorolaCRO, “IS 3 Br needs to be 7.3/7.7 at least”, in War Thunder - official forum, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2026:
   • uh oh, melty! 2025 April 18, Silent-Abroad-, “Bro, those shadps4 moderators are a bit crazy, aren't they??”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2026:

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