Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shroomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shroomy
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or tasting of mushrooms; mushroomy.

Informal

adj

Reminiscent of the psychedelic effects of magic mushrooms.

Informal

Example Sentences

"1996 Leoville Poyferre This is the one I have several of, and I felt it showed weird this night. Ripe jammy nose, some kind of funky shroomy thing, better on palate, but I didn't love tonight. Tannic. I've liked a lot more before. B"
"Pretenders 1984-my first concert at Red Rocks, very shroomy...I loved the Learning to Crawl songs..."
"It is this type of evidence – along with incontrovertibly shroomy Aztec and Mayan art – that is lacking elsewhere in the world. […] Still, as the remains of ancient humans are periodically discovered and excavated, why has there not yet been a prehistoric corpse found anywhere with even traces of magic mushrooms?"

Etymology

From shroom + -y.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

shroomier (comparative) shroomiest (superlative)

Rhymes With

kigurumi ōyamatsumi

Questions

What does shroomy mean?: Resembling or tasting of mushrooms; mushroomy.
Where does shroomy come from?: From shroom + -y.

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