coughy

English

Etymology

cough +‎ -y

Pronunciation

Adjective

coughy (comparative more coughy, superlative most coughy)

  1. Characterized by coughing.
    • 1996, Frank Freudberg, Gasp!: a novel of revenge, page 213:
      The man looked ill, and she hoped he didn't have that coughy flu that had been wiping out everyone at the office.
    • 2005, Julian Baggini, Jeremy Stangroom, What philosophers think (page 215)
      This genial, frail, chain-smoking septuagenarian is an agreeable, good-humoured conversationalist, who frequently punctuates proceedings with hearty, coughy chuckles.
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