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語源 1

From cork (“stopper”) +‎ -y.

形容詞

corky (comparative corkier, superlative corkiest)

1. Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.

   This wine smells a bit corky; get me another bottle.

2. Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii]:

     Bind fast his corky arms.

同意語

• (like cork): suberose, suberous (in botany)

派生語

参考

• corked

語源 2

From cork (“injure by a blow”) +‎ -y.

名詞

corky (plural corkies)

1. (Australia, slang) A deep bruise, usually on the leg or buttock, caused by a blow; a haematoma.

別の表記

• corkie

同意語

• (bruise): ecchymosis, contusion

アナグラム

• Rocky, rocky