tabloidy

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UK/ˈtæblɔɪdi/

adjective

In the style of a tabloid newspaper; sensationalistic.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivetabloidy (comparative more tabloidy, superlative most tabloidy)

comparative more tabloidy · superlative most tabloidy

  1. informalIn the style of a tabloid newspaper; sensationalistic.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*taðlā
  2. Latintabula
  3. Old Frenchtable
  4. Old Frenchtablete
  5. Middle Englishtablet
  6. Englishtablet
  7. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  9. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  10. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  11. Englishtabloid
  12. Englishtabloidy

From tabloid + -y.

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APA

tabloidy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tabloidy

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Chicago

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