sandy

From Middle English sandi, from Old English sandiġ (“sandy”), equivalent to sand +‎ -y. Cognate with Dutch zandig (“sandy”), German sandig (“sandy”), Swedish sandig (“sandy”).

• enPR: săn'di, IPA^(key): /ˈsændi/

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• Rhymes: -ændi
• Homophone: sandhi

sandy (comparative sandier, superlative sandiest)

1. Covered with sand.
2. Sprinkled with sand.
3. Like sand, especially in texture.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:

     Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.

4. Having the colour of sand.

   sandy colour:  

• Great Sandy Desert
• pecan sandy
• sandy blight
• Sandy Hook
• sandyish

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