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tusks

English

Noun

tusks

  1. plural of tusk

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tusky

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?t?s.ki/
  • Rhymes: -?ski

Etymology 1

From Middle English tusky, equivalent to tusk +? -y.

Adjective

tusky (comparative tuskier, superlative tuskiest)

  1. Having tusks, especially prominent tusks.
    • 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)

  1. (dialect, Yorkshire) rhubarb, sticks from that vegetable

Anagrams

  • skuyt

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • tussky

Etymology

From tusk +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?tuski?/

Adjective

tusky

  1. (rare, Late Middle English) tusky

Descendants

  • English: tusky

References

  • “tusk?(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-22.

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