Dictionary

splashy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈsplæʃi/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Relating to making splashes or the sound of splashing.
2. Full of dirty water; muddy and wet.
   • The light was yet there; shining dim, but constant, through the rain. […] It led me aslant over the hill, through a wide bog; which would have been impassable in winter, and was splashy and shaking even now, in the height of summer. 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter II, in Jane Eyre. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 65:
   • 'Cross splashy field where wild things grow, / Past shining reeds in knee-deep tarns, […] 1914, The Association Monthly, volume 7, page 254:
3. (figuratively) Ostentatious, showy.
   • His splashy car was supposed to show his wealth, but instead it showed his poor taste.
   • Jamie Oliver prepares a "pukka" picnic of strawberries, champagne and lobster for a sail through the royal borough of Windsor on his mate's splashy new motorboat. 2003, TV Guide, volume 51, page 146:
   • Which suggests that the man in the middle of what will be the planet’s splashiest shindig this weekend far prefers the stillness and privacy he finds about 1,500 miles away from London, on unpaved roads and rugged woods near the Carpathian Mountains. 2023 May 1, David Segal, “In Transylvania, anyone with $200 can live like a king. (Well, one specific king.)”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2023:
4. (figuratively) Splashed with colour.

Forms

Deriveds

splashiness · splashily

Relateds

plashy