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viewy

American  
[vyoo-ee] / ˈvju i /

adjective

viewier, viewiest
  1. having impractical views; speculative; visionary.

  2. eye-catching; showy.


viewy British  
/ ˈvjuːɪ /

adjective

  1. having fanciful opinions or ideas; visionary

  2. characterized by ostentation; showy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of viewy

First recorded in 1840–50; view + -y 1

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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

The Saint's Tragedy is a little "viewy" and fluent.

From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George

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

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

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

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