modelly

modelly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *med-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Italic *medos
Late Latin modus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Late Latin -ulus
Late Latin modulusder.
Vulgar Latin *modellus
Old Italian modellobor.
Middle French modellebor.
English model
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English modelly

    From model + -y.

    Adjective

    modelly (comparative more modelly, superlative most modelly)

    1. (informal) Resembling a fashion model.
      Synonyms: modelesque, modelish
      • 2008, David Henry Sterry, Master of Ceremonies, page 43:
        A modelly black babe in a high-fashion white dress and a modelly white babe in a high-fashion black dress sit in the corner of the Pit deepthroating each other
      • 2009 March 2, Janet Maslin, “Having It All, Including Many Failings”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        The cleaning lady turns out to be a self-assured, modelly looking Ukrainian who destroys Trish’s fragile pretensions.

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