caky

C3A1K5Y4
UK, US/ˈkeɪ.ki/

adjective

Resembling cake in texture.

OriginEnglish cake ← Middle English cake ← Old Norse kaka →
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Meanings

adjectivecaky (comparative cakier, superlative cakiest)

comparative cakier · superlative cakiest · alternative cakey

  1. Resembling cake in texture.

    […] they are converted into globules or plates of a faint luster, which, partly coalescing, represent irregular, caky masses.

    1883, Carl Heitzmann, Microscopical Morphology on the Animal Body in Health and Disease

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*kakǭ
  2. Old Norsekaka
  3. Middle Englishcake
  4. Englishcake
  5. Englishcaky

From cake + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with caky

reikishakyflakyshakeybreakywakeyjakiesnakybrakyfakeylakynakeynakierakyVervaeke
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Anagrams

yackcyka
Cite this entry
APA

caky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caky

MLA

“caky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caky. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caky,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caky.

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