Adjective: dykey
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | dykier |
| Superlative | dykiest |
Perifrastic
| Comparative | more dykey |
| Superlative | most dykey |
Sample Sentences
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Let it all hang out. Let it seem bitchy, catty, dykey, Solanisesque, frustrated, crazy, nutty, frigid, ridiculous, bitter, embarrassing, man-hating, libelous, pure, unfair, envious, intuitive, low-down, stupid, petty, liberating. [1970 January, Robin Morgan, “Goodbye to All That”, in Rat:]
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LF seeks gentle, communicative, dykey-looking woman who smiles, enjoys life and people, likes to discuss movies, books and politics, who'd like to meet a strong-minded, independent, feminine-looking p/t writer. [1988 February 21, “Dreaming! (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 31, page 13:]
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[…] when Torrence is elected captain of the cheerleading team, another girl supports the subplot of girl cattiness by calling her a slut and calling the “real” gymnast who joins the team (emphasizing to the audience that cheering can't be “real” gymnastics), an uberdyke and a big dykey loser. [2006 August 8, Sharon Lamb with Lyn Mikel Brown, Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 230:]
Adjectives inflected like dykey
old-timey,
nippley,
drudgey,
tomatoey,
cringey,
dudey,
dykey,
fluey,
gamey,
wifey,
ropey,
rapey,
echoey,
pricey,
tonguey,
spikey,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English dyke
3. Proto-Indo-European *-kos
4. Proto-Germanic *-gaz
5. Proto-West Germanic *-g
6. Old English -iġ
7. Middle English -y
8. English -y
9. English dykey
10. From dyke + -y.