Easter-eggy

adjective

Having a colour reminiscent of an Easter egg, typically a muted pastel.

Meanings

adjectiveEaster-eggy (comparative Easter-eggier, superlative Easter-eggiest)

comparative Easter-eggier · superlative Easter-eggiest

  1. Having a colour reminiscent of an Easter egg, typically a muted pastel.

    Gabby's kitchen was painted a bright canary yellow, far too pastel, too Easter eggy.

    2008, Bill Floyd, The Killer’s Wife, page 31
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    Mare Biltzstein has staged the show with pleasant informality and Aline Bernstein dresses it in nice Easter-eggy colors.

    1950 December 14, William Hawkins, “Audience Shares Stage Spotlight”, in New York Theatre Critics' Reviews, volume XI, number 28, page 173

    Many other parishioners are wearing outfits with Easter-eggy colors— orange, yellow, pink, lavender.

    2013, David Schickler, The Dark Path: A Memoir, page 4

Origin

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