Meanings
adjectivespendy (comparative spendier, superlative spendiest)
comparative spendier · superlative spendiest · alternative Australia UK spenny
- British ColumbiaUSespecially Upper Midwestern US and Northwestern USExpensive, costly.
Amy: When I get married, I'm gonna register at the UCLA cadaver lab. Penny: Eww, why? Amy: Cause I've always wanted a whole human skeleton, and they are really spendy.
2012 October 4, “The Decoupling Fluctuation”, in The Big Bang Theory, season 6, episode 2, spoken by Amy Farrah Fowler and Penny (Mayim Bialik and Kaley Cuoco)Synonyms: pricey, spenny, steep, 5-star, big-ticket, chargeful, cheap at half the price, costful
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveExpensive, costly.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)pend-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)péndeti
- Proto-Italic*pendō
- Latinpendō
- Latinexpendō
- Proto-West Germanic*spendōn
- Old Englishspendan
- Middle Englishspenden
- Englishspend
- Englishspendy
Cite this entry
APA
spendy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spendy
MLA
“spendy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spendy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spendy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spendy.
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