yeasty

/ˈjiːsti/

yeasty

English Adj
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Definition

Having or resembling yeast.

Etymology

From yeast + -y.

Example Sentences

  • "The Ocean when its yeasty war is waging / Is awful to the vessel near the rock [...]."
  • "Thus has he, and many more of the same breed that I know the drossy age dotes on, only got the tune of the time and, out of an habit of encounter, a kind of yeasty collection, which carries them through and through the most profane and winnowed opinions"
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