beachy

See also: Beachy

English

Etymology

beach + -y

Adjective

beachy (comparative beachier, superlative beachiest)

  1. Pertaining to the material making up the edge of a seashore, as with pebbles, gravel, and sand.
    • 1597, Shakespeare, 2 Henry IV, Act 3, Scene 1.
      O God! that one might read the book of fate,
      And see the revolution of the times
      Make mountains level, and the continent,
      Weary of solid firmness, melt itself
      Into the sea! and, other times, to see
      The beachy girdle of the ocean
      Too wide for Neptune's hips; how chances mock,
      And changes fill the cup of alteration
      With divers liquors!
  2. Pertaining to a beach or something beach-like.
    • 2004 Exporters, here's a "beachy" place to get your feet wet. It's close by, and one of the main tourist destinations in the Caribbean.USDA site
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