yeasty
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈjiːsti/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English yeast English -y English yeasty From yeast + -y.
- Having or resembling yeast.
- Foamy and frothy.
“The Ocean when its yeasty war is waging / Is awful to the vessel near the rock [...].”
- Emotionally bubbling over (as with exuberance)
- Trivial.
“Thus has he, and many more of the same breed that I know the drossy age dotes on, only got the tune of the time and, out of an habit of encounter, a kind of yeasty collection, which carries them through and through the most profane and winnowed opinions”