tusky

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tusky^¹

/ˈtʌs.ki/

Rhymes with -ʌski

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

adjective tuskier · tuskiest

Having tusks, especially prominent tusks. Ho! Strangers! have you lately ſeen, ſhe ſaid, / One of my Siſters, like my ſelf array’d; […] Vary’d with Spots, a Linx’s Hide ſhe wore: / And at full Cry purſu’d the tusky Boar?
Similar: betusked, tusked

tusky^²

/ˈtʌs.ki/

Rhymes with -ʌski

noun

Yorkshire, dialectal, uncountable rhubarb, sticks from that vegetable […] mi little stick of Leeds grown tusky draws galas of rhubarb from the MET-set palms.

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@misc{tusky_2026,
  title = {tusky},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tusky},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}