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chaffy.

Like or containing chaff.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Like or containing chaff.

  2. (of bracts, flower head receptacles, scales on cones or catkins) Resembling chaff: papery, husk-like; not fleshy, leafy or herbaceous.

  3. (of an ear of corn/maize) Having imperfectly developed kernels that are not tightly compressed against each other.

  4. Of as little value or substance as chaff; worthless.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From chaff + -y.

adj
  1. Full of banter, ridicule or badinage.

    colloquial · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From chaff + -y.

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