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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English tusky, equivalent to tusk + -y.
Adjective
tusky (comparative tuskier, superlative tuskiest)
- Having tusks, especially prominent tusks.
- Synonym: tusked
- 1697: John Dryden, The Aeneid translated from Virgil (Book I, line 448)
- And at full cry pursued the tusky boar.
Etymology 2
Noun
tusky (uncountable)
- (dialect, Yorkshire) rhubarb, sticks from that vegetable
1987 [1981], Tony Harrison, “The Rhubarbarians II”, in Continuous: 50 sonnets from 'The School of Eloquence' (Poetry), London: Rex Collins, →ISBN:[…] mi little stick of Leeds grown tusky draws
galas of rhubarb from the MET-set palms.
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
From tusk + -y.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tusky
- (rare, Late Middle English) tusky
- Synonym: tuskyd
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