echoey

echoey

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-der.
Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́
Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy
Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ)
Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)der.
Latin ēchō
Medieval Latin ēccōder.
Middle English eccho
English echo
English -ey
English echoey

    From echo + -ey.

    Adjective

    echoey (comparative more echoey or echoier, superlative most echoey or echoiest)

    1. (of a sound) That echoes; having an echoing quality.
      • 2025 October 1, Vitali Vitaliev, “Life's little luxuries”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 84:
        That nostalgic luxury is particularly obvious in the former station buffet, which still functioned as a restaurant when I was last there several years ago. Empty and echoey, it was doing brisk trade in Orient Express vintage posters, several of which now adorn my garden office walls.
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