laky

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/ˈleɪki/

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake.

OriginMiddle English laky →
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Meanings

adjectivelaky (comparative lakier, superlative lakiest)

comparative lakier · superlative lakiest

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake.

    By bulwark, line, and battlement, And flanking towers, and laky flood , Guarded and garrison'd she stood

    1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “(please specify the introduction or canto number, or chapter name)”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC
  2. Of the color of a lake pigment; murky.
  3. Transparent; said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishlaky
  2. Englishlaky

From Middle English laky, equivalent to lake + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with laky

reikishakyflakyshakeybreakywakeyjakiesnakybrakycakyfakeynakeynakierakyVervaeke
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Anagrams

Kyla
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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