Meaning

5 senses

  1. Like or containing chaff.

  2. (of bracts, flower head receptacles, scales on cones or catkins) Resembling chaff: papery, husk-like; not fleshy, leafy or herbaceous.

  3. (of an ear of corn/maize) Having imperfectly developed kernels that are not tightly compressed against each other.

  4. (obsolete)Of as little value or substance as chaff; worthless.

    value

  5. (colloquial, obsolete)Full of banter, ridicule or badinage.

Origin

From chaff + -y.

From chaff + -y.

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Forms

chaffier, chaffiest
Comparativechaffier Lesson
Superlativechaffiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

77 synonyms
naughtyB2noughtB2vainB1worthlessB2strawliketwo-bitvaluelessbastardlyblowncackycockingcrapaliciouscruddycullionly
Close in meaning
  • abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff:chafflike

Word family

4 related words
Relatedscariouschaff
Derivedchaffilychaffiness

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chafechaffchagrinchai
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