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scaffoldy en · ADJ

Etymology

From scaffold + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Of a building or a wall: covered in or looking like a scaffold.
   • "The result has rather a scaffoldy and incomplete appearance, which would be happily remedied by the coloring brush and a few shadings, easily thrown in, but the measurements are correct, and the proportions and the relations of the several of the several buildings to one another, are accurately represented." 1882, Fire Underwriters' Association of the Northwest, Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Fire Underwriters ..., Issue 13:
2. (figuratively, informal) Resembling a scaffold.
   • Evan pushed the twist of hair off his forehead and regarded the shadow. It was long and straight and lean and scaffoldy, like a cross on a spire. 1965, {unattributed}, The Prairie Schooner - Volume 25 - Page 90

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