balloony

B3A1L1L1O1O1N1Y4

adjective

Tending to balloon

RareScrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveballoony (comparative balloonier, superlative ballooniest)

comparative balloonier · superlative ballooniest

  1. Tending to balloon

    Above the word is part of "Central," rendered in a dated balloony script, underlining the archaic nature of Gross's subject.

    2004 July 2, Fred Camper, “The City, Brick by Brick”, in Chicago Reader
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    His low-cut shirt-collar and narrow silken neck-tie were in the style called "English," as quite decidedly, also, were his cross-barred trousers of balloony build; nor, although thus flinging himself for diversion into the vortex of the lower crowd, had he foregone the luxury of tan-colored kid gloves and patent-leather shoes.

    1861, Various, Atlantic Monthly Volume 7, No. 40, February, 1861

Origin

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APA

balloony. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balloony

MLA

“balloony.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balloony. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balloony,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balloony.

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