tuskyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English tusky, equivalent to tusk +‎ -y.

形容詞

tusky (comparative tuskier, superlative tuskiest)

1. Having tusks, especially prominent tusks.

   Synonym: tusked

   • 1697: John Dryden, The Aeneid translated from Virgil (Book I, line 448)

     […] And at full cry pursued the tusky boar.

名詞

tusky (uncountable)

1. (dialect, Yorkshire) rhubarb, sticks from that vegetable
   • 1987 [1981], Tony Harrison, “The Rhubarbarians II”, in Continuous: 50 sonnets from 'The School of Eloquence' (Poetry), London: Rex Collins, →ISBN:

     […] mi little stick of Leeds grown tusky draws
     galas of rhubarb from the MET-set palms.

アナグラム

• skuyt