"speccy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-uk-speccy.ogg [UK]
Etymology: From spec (“spectacles”) + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spec|ie|t1=spectacles}} spec (“spectacles”) + -ie Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} speccy (not comparable)
  1. (colloquial, derogatory) bespectacled Tags: colloquial, derogatory, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-speccy-en-adj-njTVkJyO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: en-uk-speccy.ogg [UK] Forms: speccies [plural]
Etymology: From spec (“spectacular”) + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spec|ie|t1=spectacular}} spec (“spectacular”) + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} speccy (plural speccies)
  1. (Australian rules football, informal) Synonym of spectacular mark Tags: informal Categories (topical): Australian rules football Synonyms: spectacular mark [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-speccy-en-noun-Xn0mBtD~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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