"spacy" meaning in English

See spacy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: spacier [comparative], spaciest [superlative], spacey [alternative]
Etymology: From space + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|space|y}} 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 with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Celestial inhabitants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 1 7 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 65 0 15 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 0 10 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 0 5 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 0 4 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 72 5 12 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 88 0 7 6 Disambiguation of Celestial inhabitants: 82 2 4 11 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 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 Disambiguation of 'having extraterrestrial aspect': 7 0 33 60

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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