Meanings
comparative more oceany · superlative most oceany
- Characteristic of the ocean.
Two other birds took up residence at our swimming pool, which I had painted an eggplant colour, giving the water an oceany hue.
2007, Rosalie Wise Sharp, Rifke: An Improbable Life, page 1441 more example
My parents then roasted, baked and grilled the fillets for months without ever tiring of what my mother called their “sweet, oceany taste.”
2009 August 12, Melissa Clark, “Bluefish With a Crunchy Bite”, in The New York Times
Origin
From ocean + -y. Doublet of oceanic.
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