troughy en · ADJ
Etymology
From trough + -y.
Meanings
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Having troughs (long narrow depressions between waves).
Wall'd around with driving foam, / Reels she in the troughy brine; […]
1850, W. H. Sadler, Miscellaneous Poems, Historical and Descriptive, page 15:[…] they tumbled and rolled over them, much after the manner of two ships in a rough, bobbing, and troughy sea, till at last one came down sprawling with the other above him.
1862, William Martin, Peter Parley's Annual, page 141:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most troughy | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more troughy | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |