buttony

[buht-n-ee]

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adjective

like a button.
having many buttons.

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Origin of buttony

First recorded in 1590–1600; button + -y¹

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Historical Examples

Her skirt made a buttony noise with the heads of the rib-grass.
There and Back
George MacDonald