"spacy" meaning in English

See spacy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈspeɪsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spacy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spacier [comparative], spaciest [superlative], spacey [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin spatiumbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space English -y English spacy From space + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|space|-y|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin spatiumbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space English -y English spacy [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "spatium", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "espace", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Anglo-Norman", "term" : "space", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "xno" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "space", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "space", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "spacy", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="spacy"> From space + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} spacy (comparative spacier, superlative spaciest)
  1. (colloquial) spaced-out Tags: colloquial Translations (Translations): en Babia (Spanish), despalomado (english: Andes) (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-spacy-en-adj--BZRHWoU Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Celestial inhabitants Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 63 3 14 20 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 61 2 15 22 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 64 0 15 22 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 64 0 15 22 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 67 0 14 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 1 7 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 36 4 26 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 0 10 9 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 83 0 9 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 0 5 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 0 4 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 84 0 8 9 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 88 0 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 72 5 12 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 88 0 7 6 Disambiguation of Celestial inhabitants: 85 2 5 8 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 86 0 7 6
  2. (colloquial) eccentric Tags: colloquial Translations (eccentric): snový (Czech), bizarně znějící (Czech)
    Sense id: en-spacy-en-adj-ydvyM0gD Disambiguation of 'eccentric': 0 100 0 0
  3. (colloquial) spacious; having much space Tags: colloquial Translations (spacious): prostorný (Czech)
    Sense id: en-spacy-en-adj-aIw2mZN7 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 36 4 26 33 Disambiguation of 'spacious': 2 0 97 0
  4. (colloquial) of, related to or connected with the extraterrestrial Tags: colloquial Translations (having extraterrestrial aspect): nadpozemský (Czech), snový (Czech)
    Sense id: en-spacy-en-adj-0g-fbloW Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 36 4 26 33 Disambiguation of 'having extraterrestrial aspect': 7 0 33 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spaciness

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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