"squinty" meaning in English

See squinty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈskwɪnti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-An Absence of Fish-squinty.wav [Scotland] Forms: squintier [comparative], squintiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪnti Etymology: Etymology tree English squint Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English squinty From squint + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|squint|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English squint Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English squinty [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-g", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-iġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "squinty", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="squinty"> From squint + -y., {{ety|en|:af|squint|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English squint Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English squinty From squint + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} squinty (comparative squintier, superlative squintiest)
  1. Afflicted with a squint.
    Sense id: en-squinty-en-adj-6ELr4WXS
  2. (Scotland) Sidelong, slanting, askew. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-squinty-en-adj-F7nyYJTg Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries referencing 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 (adjectival), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Eye Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 9 91 Disambiguation of Eye: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: squintily, squintiness

Inflected forms

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      "*-gaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-gaz#Proto-Germanic:_adjectives"
    ],
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    ],
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      "squint",
      "squint#English"
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            [
              20,
              27
            ]
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        ],
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}

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