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English
Etymology
From turf + -y.
Pronunciation
Adjective
turfy (comparative turfier, superlative turfiest)
- Of, pertaining to, or constructed of turf.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep,
1762, James Macpherson, “Croma”, in Fingal, London: T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, p. 254, footnote:The wind still sounds between the hills: and whistles through the grass of the rock. The firs fall from their place. The turfy hut is torn.
- (obsolete) Relating to or involved with horses or horse-racing.
- Synonym: horsy
1852, Louisa Anne Meredith, chapter 11, in My Home in Tasmania, volume 2, London: John Murray, pages 154–155:Good and fearless horse-women themselves, their whole delight seemed to be in the discussion of matters pertaining to the stable; and when meeting any young lady friend from a distance, the first questions were not enquiries after parents, sisters, brothers, or friends: no, nor even the lady-beloved talk of weddings and dress; but the discourse almost invariably took a “turfy” turn, that was, to say the least, unfeminine in the extreme.
1854, Charles Dickens, chapter 6, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, , →OCLC, book the first (Sowing), page 36:Made up with curls, wreaths, wings, white bismuth, and carmine, this hopeful young person soared into so pleasing a Cupid as to constitute the chief delight of the maternal part of the spectators; but, in private, where his characteristics were a precocious cutaway coat and an extremely gruff voice, he became of the Turf, turfy.
1895, Henry Seton Merriman, chapter 14, in The Sowers, New York: Harper, page 121:When a Frenchman is horsey he never runs the risk of being mistaken for a groom or a jockey, as do his turfy compeers in England.