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eggy

eggy

1 2.8
Having a strong egg taste, smell, or texture often because it contains many eggs
  • adjective
  • /ˈɛɡi/
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  • And my boys, they don't love eating like omelette, but they really like eating these, like eggy pancakes.
  • rich and eggy

And this one was eggy and dry in the throat.

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Examples

  • It's like this moist, almost custardy cake texture that's sweet and eggy and really good.

  • It was eggy, very eggy, eggy bread, very cold.

  • And this one was eggy and dry in the throat.

    Harvard University

  • So let me open them up, show you the eggy goodness.

  • And then we've got what is this eggy, eggy water?

  • The texture just freaks me out, how thick and eggy it is.

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  • Bottom line: It's eggy.

    Green Mansions (1959)

  • But, you know, if that same eggy smell were magnified by a hundredfold, then you wouldn't be happy.

  • The cake had a light, eggy flavor that made it delicious.

  • She loves her pasta with a rich, eggy sauce that contrasts with the spices.

Synonyms

egg-filled
vseggy
2.1

Having eggs inside

describes a taste, smell, or texture similar to those shelled food units
yolky
vseggy
4.0

Having the deep yellow color of the inside of an egg

focuses on flavor, smell, or texture rather than color or center

How Eggy

eggy
1 2.8

Surface Forms

eggy positive

Morphology

eggy = egg (transparent) = egg + y

The adjective is formed by the productive suffix '-y' meaning 'having the quality of' the noun 'egg', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Eggy comes from the simple word egg plus the ending -y, which means 'full of' or 'having the quality of', just like cheesy means 'full of cheese', so eggy describes food that tastes, smells, or contains a lot of eggs.