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starchy

US/ˈstɑɹt͡ʃi/ uncommon

adjective

1.

consisting of or containing starch

  • “starchy foods”
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2.

rigidly formal

  • “a starchy manner”
  • “the letter was stiff and formal”
  • “his prose has a buckram quality”
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Origin

From starch + -y.

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