churchyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɜːtʃi/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃi

形容詞

churchy (comparative churchier, superlative churchiest)

1. (colloquial, mildly derogatory) Piously Christian.
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 90:

     I was staying with my mother's sister, a retired character actress with a churchy streak.

2. Resembling a church.

   Your house looks kind of churchy.

3. Reminiscent of a church service.

   The party had a churchy atmosphere.

派生語

• churchily
• churchiness

名詞

churchy (複数形 churchies)

1. (mildly pejorative) one who is piously Christian