buttony

[ buht-n-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Origin of buttony¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; button + -y ¹

You have me a little gray, hairy kitten, with shoe-buttony eyes.

She had been trying to put herself to sleep by changing the buttons on that very-buttony ulster of hers.

His skin was sallow; his eyes were big, wide apart, of an untransparent buttony brilliancy, and in colour dully blue.

Her skirt made a buttony noise with the heads of the rib-grass.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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