hayey

hayey

English

Etymology

From hay +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈheɪ(j)i/

Adjective

hayey (not comparable)

1. Resembling or smelling or tasting like hay.
   • 1871, Curtis Guild, Over the ocean: or, Sights and scenes in foreign lands, page 31:

     That inevitable pork fat that flavors everything after one gets west of Buffalo, and a little off the line of travel that leads you through the great hotels in the great cities in America, — that saleratus bread, hayey tea, clammy pie-crust, […]

   • 1995, William Michael Murphy, Family Secrets: William Butler Yeats and His Relatives, page 72:

     "I am sure it is a year since I ate one before," Lollie wrote, "but in spite of a hayey flavor I liked it"

   • 1995, Rachna Gilmore, A Friend Like Zilla, page 10:

     It looked all dim and hayey inside. My stomach tingled. Please let there be kids at the farm, someone my age. I just had to play in that barn. I'd read about kids swinging in haylofts, but I'd never done fun stuff like that.

Synonyms

• haylike