caky

caky

English

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Etymology

    From cake + -y.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.ki/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -eɪki

    Adjective

    caky (comparative cakier, superlative cakiest)

    1. Resembling cake in texture.
      • 1883, Carl Heitzmann, Microscopical Morphology on the Animal Body in Health and Disease:
        [] they are converted into globules or plates of a faint luster, which, partly coalescing, represent irregular, caky masses.

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