yeasty

[ yee-stee ]

adjective

, yeast·i·er, yeast·i·est.

1. of, containing, or resembling yeast.
2. frothy; foamy.
3. youthful; exuberant; ebullient.
4. trifling; frivolous.
5. characterized by agitation, excitement, change, etc.:

   the yeasty years immediately following college.

yeasty

/ ˈjiːstɪ /

adjective

1. of, resembling, or containing yeast
2. fermenting or causing fermentation
3. tasting of or like yeast
4. insubstantial or frivolous
5. restless, agitated, or unsettled
6. covered with or containing froth or foam

Derived Forms

• ˈyeastiness, noun
• ˈyeastily, adverb

Other Words From

• yeasti·ly adverb
• yeasti·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of yeasty¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; yeast + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Jenny pulls our loaf from the oven, filling the kitchen with a tantalizing, yeasty smell.

From Washington Post

It is as yeasty as a dinner roll, and cut to form a pocket with closed ends that shore in all ingredients.

From The Daily Beast

As far as eye could reach, the sea was white; ten leagues of yeasty water filled the horizon.

From Project Gutenberg

At the bottom it was almost dark, so that the stream would hardly have been visible but for its yeasty foam.

From Project Gutenberg

But Bradish clung to the gunwale of the long-boat and stared out at the yeasty waves, blinking his eyes.

From Project Gutenberg

At last, near the horizon's rim, he spied a yeasty tumult of the sea, marking some obstruction at which the waves were tussling.

From Project Gutenberg

Something mushy and heavily soft like raised dough leaned against Jim's leg and chewed his trousers with a yeasty growl.

From Project Gutenberg