schemey

English

Etymology

From scheme +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈskiːmi/

Noun

schemey (plural schemies)

  1. (Scotland, colloquial) Someone who lives on an urban housing scheme, especially seen as being poor or ill-educated.

Adjective

schemey (comparative schemier, superlative schemiest)

  1. Scheming; cunning; devious.
    • 2009, Michael Tomasky, The Guardian, 29 Sep 09:
      He struck me as schemey and oleaginous from the first time I saw him, long before his disgraceful performances around the Iraq war.
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