Associations to the word «Starchy»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
STARCHY, adjective. Of or pertaining to starch.
STARCHY, adjective. Containing starch.
STARCHY, adjective. Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.
STARCHY, adjective. Having a starched personality; stiffly formal.
Dictionary definition
STARCHY, adjective. Consisting of or containing starch; "starchy foods".
STARCHY, adjective. Rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality".
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