different between showy vs lairy
showy
English
Etymology
show +? -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????.i/
- Rhymes: -??i
- Homophone: showie
Adjective
showy (comparative showier, superlative showiest)
- (sometimes derogatory) Calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye
- Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display.
- showy flowers
Synonyms
- Thesaurus:gaudy
Hyponyms
- slutty
Derived terms
- showiness
Translations
Anagrams
- Whyos
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lairy
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l???i/
Etymology 1
Variation of leery, originally Cockney slang.
Adjective
lairy (comparative lairier, superlative lairiest)
- (Britain) Touchy, aggressive or confrontational, usually while drunk.
Etymology 2
Thought to be from leery (“knowing, streetwise”).
Adjective
lairy (comparative lairier, superlative lairiest)
- (Australia) Vulgar and flashy.
- 1983, National Book Council (Australia), Australian Book Review, Issues 48-57, page 29,
- He was lairy alright, resplendent in a purple blazer and pink trousers.
- 2008, Helen Garner, True Stories, page 255,
- They had no wedding party, only an Australian couple in their sixties, the woman in a great deal of pancake and blusher and a lairy fur jacket.
- 2009, Sally Neighbour, The Mother of Mohammed: An Australian Woman?s Extraordinary Journey Into Jihad, page 176,
- Sungkar told Rabiah he thought of her as he rode to freedom on his motor scooter through the green wrought-iron gates, disguised in a pair of blue jeans and a lairy short-sleeved batik shirt: ‘Rabiah reckoned the safari suit was bad—if only she could see me now’.
- 1983, National Book Council (Australia), Australian Book Review, Issues 48-57, page 29,
- (Australia) Socially unacceptable.
Derived terms
- lair
- lairiser
References
Anagrams
- airly, riyal
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