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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

songy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /sɔŋi/ (US)
  • /sɑŋi/ (US)
  • /sɒŋi/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *séngʷʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *singwaną Proto-Germanic *sangwaz Proto-West Germanic *sangu Old English sang Middle English song English song English -y English songy From song + -y.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Song-like.
    • 'Polyethylene' is in turn followed by 'Pearly', a songy song: minor key, big vocals, and a nice bridge section. 2004, Dai Griffiths, Radiohead's OK Computer, page 55:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
songier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
songiest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

sing-songy