Meanings
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adj
full of or resembling chaff; worthless or light
The threshed grain was still chaffy and needed winnowing.
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Etymology
From chaff (Old English ceaf, 'husks of grain') + the adjectival suffix -y.
View etymology graph ->full of or resembling chaff; worthless or light
The threshed grain was still chaffy and needed winnowing.
From chaff (Old English ceaf, 'husks of grain') + the adjectival suffix -y.
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