laky

English

Etymology

From Middle English laky, equivalent to lake +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪki/

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• Rhymes: -eɪki

Adjective

laky (comparative lakier, superlative lakiest)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake.
   • 1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “(please specify the introduction or canto number, or chapter name)”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC:

     By bulwark, line, and battlement,
     And flanking towers, and laky flood ,
     Guarded and garrison'd she stood

2. Of the color of a lake pigment; murky.
3. Transparent; said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.

References

Random House Dictionary

Anagrams

• Kyla, alky