hunky.
Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.
Meaning & usage
Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.
Shaped like a hunk, or piece; chunky.
All right; in good condition.
even; square; on equal footing with.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English hunk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English hunky From hunk + -y.
A Hungarian or other eastern European, e.g. a Romanian or a Slav. (Sometimes applied (like honky) to any white person.)
Where this word comes from
From the older *hunk, probably alteration of Hungarian + -ie/-y. Compare bohunk and honky / honkey.
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