clashy

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklæʃi/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æʃi

Etymology 1

From clash +‎ -y.

Adjective

clashy (comparative clashier, superlative clashiest)

  1. (obsolete, regional) wet; rainy
  2. (informal) that clash, that do not match or fit stylistically
Derived terms

Etymology 2

A corruption of a form similar to khalasi, likely Marathi खलाशी (khalāśī).

Noun

clashy (plural clashies)

  1. (archaic) A khalasi.
References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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