archy

See also: -archy

English

Etymology 1

arch +‎ -y

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑɹtʃi/

Adjective

archy (comparative more archy, superlative most archy)

  1. Resembling an arch; having arches; arched; arching
    archy brows
Translations
arched — see arched

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for archy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology 2

Back-formation from anarchy.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑɹki/

Noun

archy (uncountable)

  1. (anarchism, usually derogatory) A political theory or practice that supports hierarchy and authority; the opposite of anarchy.
    • 1980, Frederic Trautmann, The Voice of Terror: A Biography of Johann Most, Praeger Pub Text:
      If archy in all forms has brought mankind grief, it follows that the remedy is repudiation. The repudiation of archy is anarchy. Anarchy is therefore the goal of freedom-seeking mankind. Whoever seeks freedom, advances anarchy.
    • 2010, Douglas B. Rasmussen, Douglas J.Den Uyl, Norms of Liberty: A Perfectionist Basis for Non-Perfectionist Politics, Penn State Press (→ISBN), page 338:
      It is not our intention here to settle the archy-versus-anarchy debate.
    • 2017, Edward P. Stringham, Anarchy and the Law: The Political Economy of Choice, Routledge (→ISBN), page 257:
      There are only two alternatives, in reality: political rule, or archy, which means: the condition of social existence where in some men use aggression to dominate or rule another, and anarchy, which is the absence of the initiation of force, the absence of political rule, the absence of the state.

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈarxɪ/
  • Hyphenation: ar‧chy

Noun

archy

  1. nominative plural of arch
  2. accusative plural of arch
  3. vocative plural of arch
  4. instrumental plural of arch

Noun

archy

  1. genitive singular of archa
  2. nominative plural of archa
  3. accusative plural of archa
  4. vocative plural of archa
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