eggy
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[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɛɡi/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɡi
Etymology 1
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[edit]eggy (comparative eggier, superlative eggiest)
- (cooking) Covered with or dipped in egg.
- eggy bread
- (cooking) Resembling eggs in some way.
- an eggy smell/taste
- Of or relating to an egg or eggs.
- 2014, Neil Genzlinger, ‘Your Inner Fish’ Traces Human Evolutionary History on PBS:
- Skeletal similarities are only part of the story Dr. Shubin wants to tell. He also looks at genetics, because our genes provide a historical record, just as fossils do. For instance, we have yolk-making genes, though they’re no longer active, because some of our ancestors laid eggs. “We carry the genetic signature of our eggy past,” this accessible scientist says.
Synonyms
[edit]- (resembling eggs): egglike
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]eggy (comparative eggier, superlative eggiest)
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