slaty

English

Etymology

slate +‎ -y

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsleɪti/

Adjective

slaty (comparative slatier, superlative slatiest)

  1. Resembling the mineral slate.
    • 1933-03, Clark Ashton Smith, "The Isle of the Torturers", Weird Tales:
      Their faces and hands were yellow as saffron; their small and slaty eyes were set obliquely beneath lashless lids; and their thin lips, which smiled eternally, were crooked. as the blades of scimitars.

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