gummy
/ˈɡʌmi/ · adj
Meaning
- Showing the gums.
- Clipping of gummy shark.
- A sheep that is losing or has lost its teeth.
- Resembling gum (the substance).
- Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
- Thick; fat.
- A gummi candy.
Etymology / origin
Etymology tree English gum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gummy From gum (“flesh around teeth”) + -y.
- -(de)→
- gummy (English)
- Relations: cog
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