icebergy

comparative icebergier · comparative more icebergy · superlative icebergiest · superlative most icebergy

1. colloquialResembling or characteristic of an iceberg.

   Remember those signs? They had a sort of icebergy motif and the sign said "IT'S COOL INSIDE!!!" with the icebergy stuff dripping all over the word COOL.

   1991, Jim Ritchie, Shocco Tales: Southern Fried Sagas, self-published, published 1997, →ISBN, page 45

   Synonyms: bergy

2. colloquialFilled with icebergs.

   For good nautical fun, nothing beats the blizzardy, icebergy waters of the North Sea.

   1996 January, John Skow, “Heave To, Felix! Thar Blow Th' Faeroes!”, in Outside

   Synonyms: bergy

3. colloquialfigurativelyCold or unfriendly in manner.

   "Well, so it went on for weeks and weeks — Jenny chatting and playing the agreeable to all others, but decidedly icebergy toward me. […]

   1857 May, Mary W. Janvrin, “How Jenny Was Won”, in Peterson's Magazine

   Synonyms: bergy