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STARCHY
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Irregular inflected forms: starchier , starchiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rigidly formal
Example:
his prose has a buckram quality
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
formal (being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Consisting of or containing starch
Example:
starchy foods
Classified under:
Similar:
amylaceous; amyloid; amyloidal; farinaceous; starchlike (resembling starch)
Antonym:
starchless (lacking starch)
Derivation:
starch (a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles)
