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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : chee-zee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃi zi |
Définition of cheesy
Origin :- "cheese-like," late 14c., from cheese (n.1) + -y (2). Meaning "cheap, inferior" is attested from 1896, perhaps originally U.S. student slang, along with cheese (n.) "an ignorant, stupid person." In late 19c. British slang, cheesy was "fine, showy" (1858), probably from cheese (n.2) and some suggest the modern derogatory use is an "ironic reversal" of this. The word was in common use in medical writing in the late 19c. to describe morbid substances found in tubers, decaying flesh, etc.
- adj cheap
- The bread was sour and the Italian butter rank and cheesy—often uneatable.
- Extract from : « Samuel Butler: A Sketch » by Henry Festing Jones
- In either event, so Cheesy was assured, he, could have his wish gratified.
- Extract from : « Sundry Accounts » by Irvin S. Cobb
- It goes through the hamper, and gives a cheesy flavour to everything else there.
- Extract from : « Three Men in a Boat » by Jerome K. Jerome
- It is a white, cheesy material, with a slight flavor of tallow.
- Extract from : « Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Vol VIII » by Various
- Cheesy is the best fellow in the world in some respects, but he cannot bring himself to speak well of a fellow behind his back.
- Extract from : « Can You Forgive Her? » by Anthony Trollope
- I have not tasted any really good butter since we arrived, and we pay two shillings a pound for cheesy, rancid stuff.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, April, 1876. » by Various
- Cheesy tubercles as large as a pea, both ulcerated and non-ulcerated, have been found in the stomach, but they are very rare.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
- It consists essentially of fatty and oily matters, but it is always found in combination with casein (cheesy matter) and water.
- Extract from : « The Stock-Feeder's Manual » by Charles Alexander Cameron
- Birch-Hirschfeld asserts that cheesy degeneration of the mesenteric glands is always accompanied by tubercular formations.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
- The second stage is characterized by the commencement of the cheesy degeneration.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
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