Meanings
adjectiveapricotty (comparative more apricotty, superlative most apricotty)
comparative more apricotty · superlative most apricotty · alternative apricoty
- Resembling apricots, apricotlike.
He takes a sip. He appreciates the slightly chocolatey, then smoothly apricotty, flavour.
2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 264 - Of, or pertaining to, apricots.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Proto-Indo-European*pekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*pékʷeti
- Proto-Italic*kʷekʷō
- Latin*quoquō
- Latincoquō
- Latinpraecoquō
- Latinpraecoquus
- Latinpraecoquum
- Ancient Greekβερίκοκκον (beríkokkon)
- Medieval Greekβερικοκκῐ́ᾱ (berikokkĭ́ā)
- Classical Syriacܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܐ (barqūqā)
- Arabicبَرْقُوق (barqūq)
- Andalusian Arabicبَرْقُوق (barqūq)
- Catalanalbercoc
- Catalanarbreinflu.
- Catalanabrecoc
- Englishabrecock
- Latinapricuminflu.
- Englishapricock
- Frenchabricotinflu.
- Englishapricot
- Englishapricotty
From apricot + -y.
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APA
apricotty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apricotty
MLA
“apricotty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apricotty. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apricotty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apricotty.
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