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Starchy   /stˈɑrtʃi/   Listen
Starchy

adjective
1.
Consisting of or containing starch.
2.
Rigidly formal.  Synonyms: buckram, stiff.  "The letter was stiff and formal" , "His prose has a buckram quality"





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"Starchy" Quotes from Famous Books



... a new thing coming out, Neeld," said Southend, after a pause in the talk. "I remember old Cholderton very well. He was a starchy old chap, but he knew his subjects. Makes rather heavy reading, I should ...
— Tristram of Blent - An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House • Anthony Hope
... a good appearance? It is not being pompous and starchy; for proud looks lose hearts, and gentle words win them. It is not wearing fine clothes; for such dressing tells the world that the outside is the better part of the man. You cannot judge a horse ...
— Pearls of Thought • Maturin M. Ballou
... not?" he would say, when charged with pampering them by some starchy member of his congregation who considered that parochial visitation should be embellished solely by the delivery of appropriate tracts. "And why not pamper them a bit, poor souls? A pipe of baccy goes a long way towards taking your thoughts ...
— The Splendid Folly • Margaret Pedler
... blue-and-white spick-and-spanness about Mrs. Lipkind's kitchen which must lie within the soul of the housewife who achieves it—the lace-edged shelves, the scoured armament of dishpan, soup-pot, and what not; the white Swiss window-curtains, so starchy, and the two regimental geraniums on the sill; the roller-towel too snowy for mortal hand to smudge; the white sink, hand-polished; the bland row of blue-and-white china jars spicily inscribed to nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves. That such a kitchen could be within the tall and brick confines ...
— Humoresque - A Laugh On Life With A Tear Behind It • Fannie Hurst
... field corn are nearly as sweet as ordinary sweet corn, but grain varieties become starchy and tough within hours of harvest. Eaten promptly, "pig" corn is every bit as tasty as Jubilee. I've had the best dry-garden results with Northstine Dent (JSS) and Garland Flint (JSS). Hookers Sweet Indian (TSC) has a weak ...
— Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway • Steve Solomon
... are lean meat and white of egg. The chief food fats are fat meat, butter, lard, oil and cream. Carbohydrates are starchy foods (flour, cereals, etc.) and sugar (sweets ...
— Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts • Girl Scouts


Words linked to "Starchy" :   amyloidal, formal, starchlike, starchless, amyloid, amylaceous, starch, farinaceous


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