adlay

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English

Etymology 1

From Cebuano adlay.

Noun

adlay (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of Job's tears

Etymology 2

Pig Latin version of lad (young boy).

Noun

adlay (plural adlays)

  1. (Australia, slang, often self-applied) an eshay

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zəlay.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ad‧lay

Noun

adlay

  1. Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)
    Synonym: katigbi