Related Searches

chintzy

[chint-see] Origin

chintz·y

[chint-see]
adjective, chintz·i·er, chintz·i·est.
1.
of, like, or decorated with chintz.
2.
cheap, inferior, or gaudy.
3.
stingy; miserly: a chintzy way to entertain guests.

Origin:
1850–55; chintz + -y1; compare chinchy, which has reinforced figurative senses


3. cheap, close, niggardly, stinting.

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To chintzy

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Chintzy is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Collins
World English Dictionary
chintzy (ˈtʃɪntsɪ)
 
adj , chintzier, chintziest
1.  of, resembling, or covered with chintz
2.  informal (Brit) typical of the decor associated with the use of chintz soft furnishings, as in a country cottage

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

chintzy
1851, from chintz (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT