"leechy" meaning in English

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        "2": "leech",
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      "expansion": "leech + -y",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From leech + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more leechy",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most leechy",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Hilary Bradt, Guide to Madagascar, page 57:",
          "text": "Leeches are hermaphrodites but still have pretty exciting sex lives. To consummate their union they need to exchange packets of sperm. This is done either the conventional way via a leechy penis or by injection, allowing the sperm to make its way through the body tissues to find and fertilise the eggs.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Pertaining to or characteristic of a leech."
      ],
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        [
          "leech",
          "leech"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Parasitic."
      ],
      "id": "en-leechy-en-adj-sOnhJAf5",
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        [
          "Parasitic",
          "parasitic"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, of a person) Parasitic."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːtʃi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leechy"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "See leachy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more leechy",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most leechy",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "word": "leachy"
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      "glosses": [
        "Misspelling of leachy."
      ],
      "id": "en-leechy-en-adj-Y4r8jVzT",
      "links": [
        [
          "leachy",
          "leachy#English"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːtʃi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leechy"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/iːtʃi",
    "Rhymes:English/iːtʃi/2 syllables"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "leechiness"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      },
      "expansion": "leech + -y",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From leech + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more leechy",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most leechy",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1997, Hilary Bradt, Guide to Madagascar, page 57:",
          "text": "Leeches are hermaphrodites but still have pretty exciting sex lives. To consummate their union they need to exchange packets of sperm. This is done either the conventional way via a leechy penis or by injection, allowing the sperm to make its way through the body tissues to find and fertilise the eggs.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to or characteristic of a leech."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leech",
          "leech"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Parasitic."
      ],
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        [
          "Parasitic",
          "parasitic"
        ]
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        "(by extension, of a person) Parasitic."
      ],
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        "of a person"
      ],
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        "broadly"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːtʃi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leechy"
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    "Rhymes:English/iːtʃi/2 syllables"
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "See leachy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more leechy",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most leechy",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      ],
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        "Misspelling of leachy."
      ],
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          "leachy#English"
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  "sounds": [
    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "leechy"
}