clayey

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   containing a large amount of clay, or having the dense, sticky qualities of clay

   The clayey soil held water after several days of rain.

2. 2
   adj

   covered or stained with clay

   The archaeologist brushed the clayey residue from the fragment.

From Middle English forms such as cleyy and cleyye, ultimately from Old English claeg (clay), with the adjective-forming suffix -y. It is the inherited adjective meaning claylike or rich in clay.

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