whiskery
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whiskery¹
adjective more whiskery · most whiskery
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Having whiskers.
[T]he old lady is as ugly as any woman in the parish, and as tall and whiskery as a Grenadier.
Similar: bewhiskered, whiskered
- Having protrusions resembling whiskers. Smiling, he gave us a salute, turned his horse and rode down the trail, through the high hairy weeds and whiskery flowers thriving among the rocks and faded ruts of the road.
- Resembling whiskers. […] all the white trees, tall like poles, that went up and up to where, right at the top, among whiskery branches, were bits of blue that were the sky.
- Involving or caused by whiskers. He bent his great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very scratchy, whiskery kiss.
- Old. It is, of course, the most whiskery old cliché, but clichés usually have their basis in fact, and this one certainly does: Historically, the French have paid extraordinary—some would say excessive—attention to what they eat and how they eat it.
whiskery²
Where it comes from
From whiskey/whisky + -ery.
noun whiskeries
- A whiskey distillery. […]where the house of God was hidden by whiskeries, wineries, and breweries that were built against it.
Talk about this word "whiskery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/whiskery. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. whiskery. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/whiskery "whiskery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/whiskery.Cite this
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