"heathy" meaning in English

See heathy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: heathier [comparative], heathiest [superlative]
Etymology: From heath + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|heath|y}} heath + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} heathy (comparative heathier, superlative heathiest)
  1. Resembling heath.
    Sense id: en-heathy-en-adj-oaOo040M
  2. Abounding in heath.
    Sense id: en-heathy-en-adj-ej6jba8h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 5 95

Inflected forms

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