turfy

[ tur-fee ]

adjective

, turf·i·er, turf·i·est.

1. covered with or consisting of grassy turf.
2. resembling turf; turflike.
3. of the nature of or abounding in peat.
4. of, relating to, or characteristic of horse racing.

turfy

/ ˈtɜːfɪ /

adjective

1. of, covered with, or resembling turf
2. relating to or characteristic of horse racing or persons connected with it

Derived Forms

• ˈturfiness, noun

Other Words From

• turfi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of turfy¹

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

Example Sentences

“It’s a classically Irish palette, balancing the turfy and the moony.”

From New York Times

It’s a classically Irish palette, balancing the turfy and the moony.

From New York Times

Hellebores may be grown in any ordinary light garden mould, but thrive best in a soil of about equal parts of turfy loam and well-rotted manure, with half a part each of fibrous peat and coarse sand, and in moist but thoroughly-drained situations, more especially where, as at the margins of shrubberies, the plants can receive partial shade in summer.

From Project Gutenberg

Our camping-ground at Muja was flat and turfy, but it had the disadvantage of being a great height above water.

From Project Gutenberg

S. cæspitòsus, L. Culms terete, wiry, densely sheathed at base, in compact turfy tufts; the upper sheath bearing a very short awl-shaped leaf; spikelet ovoid, rusty-color; involucral bract a rigid-pointed scale, resembling the lowest proper scale of the spikelet and scarcely surpassing it; bristles 6, smooth, longer than the abruptly short-pointed achene.—Coast of Maine, alpine summits of N. Eng., swamps of northern N. Y.,

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• carpeted
• lush
• verdant