cabbagy

[ kab-i-jee ]

adjective

1. having the characteristics of the cabbage as in odor, taste, or color; cabbagelike.
2. resembling or suggestive of a cabbage as in shape.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cabbagy¹

First recorded in 1860–65; cabbage ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Both bars of candy, the birthday one and the one Grandpa Joe had bought, had long since been nibbled away, and all he got now were those thin, cabbagy meals three times a day.

From Literature

Hence the common presence of a sulfurous quality, which may be eggy or meaty or oniony or cabbagy or skunky, from compounds like hydrogen sulfide, various methyl sulfides, and methanethiol.

From Slate

She made her dinner off potatoes and bread, the former of which she declared, laughing, were very porky and cabbagy; her meal would have been an extremely light one had it not been for the custard-pie.

From Project Gutenberg

She made her dinner off potatoes and bread, the former of which she declared, laughing, were very porky and cabbagy; her meal would have been an extremely light one, had it not been for the custard- pie.

From Project Gutenberg