chaffy C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈtʃæfi/ UK /ˈtʃæfi/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj full of or resembling chaff; worthless or light The threshed grain was still chaffy and needed winnowing. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · full of or resembling... worthlesslighttrashyfrivoloustrivial ↔ Opposites substantialvaluable Word family Related forms chaff Etymology AI details From chaff (Old English ceaf, 'husks of grain') + the adjectival suffix -y. ceaf Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # chaffy **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈtʃæfi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtʃæfi/ ## Meanings 1. full of or resembling chaff; worthless or light ## Examples - The threshed grain was still chaffy and needed winnowing. ## Synonyms - worthless - light - trashy - frivolous - trivial ## Antonyms - substantial - valuable ## Related Forms - chaff ## Roots and Affixes - Root: ceaf ## Etymology From chaff (Old English ceaf, 'husks of grain') + the adjectival suffix -y. ## AI Etymology Chaffy is from chaff (Old English ceaf, 'husks of grain') + the adjectival suffix -y. Important recorded forms include ceaf (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers full of or resembling chaff; worthless or light. The wider family includes related words such as chaff. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown