Meanings
tusky1
adjectivetusky (comparative tuskier, superlative tuskiest)
comparative tuskier · superlative tuskiest
- Having tusks, especially prominent tusks.
Ho! Strangers! have you lately ſeen, ſhe ſaid, / One of my Siſters, like my ſelf array’d; […] Vary’d with Spots, a Linx’s Hide ſhe wore: / And at full Cry purſu’d the tusky Boar?
1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 214, lines 443–444 and 447–448
tusky2
nountusky (uncountable)
- Yorkshiredialectaluncountablerhubarb, sticks from that vegetable
[…] mi little stick of Leeds grown tusky draws galas of rhubarb from the MET-set palms.
1987 [1981], Tony Harrison, “The Rhubarbarians II”, in Continuous: 50 sonnets from 'The School of Eloquence' (Poetry), London: Rex Collins, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Middle Englishtusky
- Englishtusky
From Middle English tusky, equivalent to tusk + -y.
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APA
tusky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tusky
MLA
“tusky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tusky. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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