Etymology

cheesy

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Today it means: Of or relating to cheese. Full definition →

Middle English chesy
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromchesy
  2. English todaycheesy

From Middle English chesy, equivalent to cheese + -y. Doublet of caseic. Compare German käsig (“cheesy”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.