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sand⋅y

[san-dee]
–adjective, sand⋅i⋅er, sand⋅i⋅est.
1. of the nature of or consisting of sand.
2. containing or covered with sand.
3. of a yellowish-red color: sandy hair.
4. having hair of a sandy color.
5. shifting or unstable, like sand.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE sandig. See sand, -y 1


sand⋅i⋅ness, noun

San⋅dy

[san-dee]
–noun
1. a male given name.
2. a female given name, form of Sandra, Saundra, Sondra.
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sand·y   (sān'dē)   
adj.   sand·i·er, sand·i·est
  1. Covered with, full of, or consisting of sand.

  2. Having characteristics similar to sand.

  3. Of the color of sand; light yellowish brown.

sand'i·ness n.
Sand·y or Sand·y City   (sān'dē)   
A city of north-central Utah, a manufacturing suburb of Salt Lake City. Population: 94,200.
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Word Origin & History

sandy 
1473, as a nickname for Alexander; 1523 as "having hair of a yellowish-red color," from O.E. sandig "of the nature of sand" (see sand). Both senses combine in the colloq. use as the typical name for a Scotsman (1785).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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