tusky en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈtʌs.ki/
Etymology
From Middle English tusky, equivalent to tusk + -y.
Meanings
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Having tusks, especially prominent tusks.
Ho! Strangers! have you lately ſeen, ſhe ſaid, / One of my Siſters, like my ſelf array’d; […] Vary’d with Spots, a Linx’s Hide ſhe wore: / And at full Cry purſu’d the tusky Boar?
1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 214, lines 443–444 and 447–448:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tuskier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| tuskiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |