yeasty

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   containing yeast or having the smell or taste of yeast

   The freshly baked loaf had a pleasantly yeasty aroma.

2. 2
   adj

   frothy or actively fermenting because of yeast

   A yeasty foam formed on the surface of the beer.

3. 3
   adj

   full of restless energy, vitality, or creative ferment

   The novel captures the yeasty excitement of a city reinventing itself.

Formed from yeast and the adjective suffix -y. The literal sense, ‘containing or resembling yeast,’ dates from the early modern period; the figurative sense developed from yeast's vigorous fermentation, suggesting vitality, restlessness, or creative growth.

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