marshmallowy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a marshmallow.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a marshmallow.
adj
Tending to be a pushover; overly accommodating.
adj
Example Sentences
- "An ice-cube crusher for $1, a cake slicer, something like a miniature rake, to cut smoothly through the marshmallowiest frosting without a leak, for $1, […] were just a few I put on my list."
- "I can only guess at Wavy Gravy I scream. I suspect it's a version of heavenly hash, which is a marshmallowier version of rocky road."
- "“The Peep is a monument to the industrial paradigm of ‘More, faster, sugarier, marshmallowier,”’ says another award-winning Peeps page Webmaster, Jack Eidsness, a University of Maryland computer science major. “As opposed to something like chocolate bunnies, or a peanut egg, this food goes straight for the throat![…]”"
- "“[…] Now who wants to try my marshmallow meringue?” We all raised our hands, so he took out six spoons, dipped them into the bowl, and handed one to each of us. It looked like whipped cream, but it was actually denser, stickier, marshmallowier, and probably one of the best things I’ve ever tasted in my entire life."
- "“It changed Gable from a heavy to a comedian in It Happened One Night. It changed Jean Arthur from a marshmallowy ingenue to a hard-boiled wise- cracker in The Whole Town's Talking.”"
- "I didn't want a self-pitying, poor Miss Pitiful Pearl, a marshmallowy wilted flower, or a nagging bitch for the wife. I wanted somebody with inborn dignity and pride, with the strength of understanding, a real human being. Not only a good actress."
Etymology
From marshmallow + -y.