veiny

American  

[vay-nee] / ˈveɪ ni /

adjective

veinier, veiniest

1. full of veins; prominently veined.

   a veiny hand.

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Etymology

Origin of veiny

First recorded in 1585–95; vein + -y ¹

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Example Sentences

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veiny

I’m not sobbing because Zverev won or because my hands remind me of my grandmother’s, though slightly less waxy, veiny and spotted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024

Rhodotus palmatus is both veiny and gelatinous and like Bleeding Tooth, it excretes a golden, sometimes ruby goo.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2023

Storks and turkey vultures urinate on their legs to keep cool, for example, and kangaroos lick their veiny forearms to keep them moist.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 17, 2023

Much cooler in tone are Nathan Myhrvold’s blue-tinted close-up photograph of a cabbage, glistening and veiny, and Maremi Andreozzi’s small paintings in which white lines curve and zigzag across brightly colored patterns.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2022

Marie-Laure sits at the square table, a plate of cookies in front of her, and imagines the old women with veiny hands and milky eyes and oversize ears.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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