viewy
Americanadjective
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having fanciful opinions or ideas; visionary
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characterized by ostentation; showy
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After a time, however, they began to think that he was what they called too "viewy," too much inclined to paradox, too wild.
From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by Strachey, John St. Loe
That is, he was "viewy," in a bad sense of the word.
From Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert by Newman, John Henry
Circumstances had enabled him to frequent a few studios, and his first letter to me from that city had been rather technical and "viewy."
From On the Stairs by Fuller, Henry Blake
The Saint's Tragedy is a little "viewy" and fluent.
From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George
View′er; View′-halloo′, the huntsman's cry when the fox breaks cover; View′iness, character of being viewy or visionary.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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