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surnamey en · ADJ

Etymology

From surname + -y.

Meanings

  1. (informal, nonce-word) Resembling or characteristic of a surname.
    • Something androgynous, one of those trendy surnamey names that they'd chosen for their own daughter. Probably something like 'Ward'. 2016, Christina Hopkinson, The Weekend Wives:

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more surnamey Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most surnamey Degree=Sup lexicographic