chaffy

== English == === Etymology 1 === From chaff + -y. ==== Adjective ==== chaffy (comparative chaffier, superlative chaffiest) Like or containing chaff. (botany) (of bracts, flower head receptacles, scales on cones or catkins) Resembling chaff: papery, husk-like; not fleshy, leafy or herbaceous. (agriculture) (of an ear of corn/maize) Having imperfectly developed kernels that are not tightly compressed against each other. (obsolete) Of as little value or substance as chaff; worthless. Synonyms: strawlike, two-bit, valueless; see also Thesaurus:worthless ===== Derived terms ===== ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === From chaff + -y. ==== Adjective ==== chaffy (comparative chaffier, superlative chaffiest) (colloquial, obsolete) Full of banter, ridicule or badinage. [mid-19th to 20th century.] ===== Derived terms ===== === References ===