chaffy

[ chaf-ee, chah-fee ]

adjective

, chaff·i·er, chaff·i·est.

1. consisting of, covered with, or resembling chaff.

Other Words From

• chaffi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of chaffy¹

First recorded in 1545–55; chaff ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

He nubbed the ears—shelling off the small, chaffy kernels at their tips.

From Literature

Pistils 3–8, stipitate; seeds flattened laterally, covered with chaffy scales, in one row in the membranaceous pods; style awl-shaped; stigma minute.

From Project Gutenberg

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

From Project Gutenberg

Stem.—Simple; a foot or so high; bearing at summit a crown of large leaves, mixed with many dry, chaffy, persistent bracts.

From Project Gutenberg

In Compositae besides the involucre there are frequently chaffy and setose bracts at the base of each flower, and in Dipsacaceae a membranous tube surrounds each flower.

From Project Gutenberg