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yeasty

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈjiːsti/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English yeast English -y English yeasty From yeast + -y.

  1. Having or resembling yeast.
  2. Foamy and frothy.

    The Ocean when its yeasty war is waging / Is awful to the vessel near the rock [...].

  3. Emotionally bubbling over (as with exuberance)
  4. Trivial.

    Thus has he, and many more of the same breed that I know the drossy age dotes on, only got the tune of the time and, out of an habit of encounter, a kind of yeasty collection, which carries them through and through the most profane and winnowed opinions