Dictionary

yeasty en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈjiːsti/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Having or resembling yeast.
2. Foamy and frothy.
   • The Ocean when its yeasty war is waging / Is awful to the vessel near the rock [...]. 1821 August 8, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, Cantos III, IV, and V, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto III, stanza 58:
3. Emotionally bubbling over (as with exuberance)
4. Trivial.
   • Thus has he, and many more of the same breed that I know the drossy age dotes on, only got the tune of the time and, out of an habit of encounter, a kind of yeasty collection, which carries them through and through the most profane and winnowed opinions c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

Forms

Deriveds

yeastiness · yeasty beasty · yeastily

Translations (10)

bg кипящ (emotionally bubbling over) · ka ქაფიანი (foamy and frothy) · ka აქაფებული (foamy and frothy) · fi hiivainen (having or resembling yeast) · bg пенест (foamy and frothy) · bg пенлив (foamy and frothy) · io hefala (having or resembling yeast) · ka უშინაარსო (trivial) · ga giosta (having or resembling yeast) · ka უმნიშვნელო (trivial)