yeasty

[yee-stee]

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adjective, yeast·i·er, yeast·i·est.

of, containing, or resembling yeast.
frothy; foamy.
youthful; exuberant; ebullient.

trifling; frivolous.
characterized by agitation, excitement, change, etc.: the yeasty years immediately following college.

Origin of yeasty

First recorded in 1590–1600; yeast + -y¹

Related formsyeast·i·ly, adverbyeast·i·ness, noun

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Related Words for yeasty

carbonated, sudsy, lathery, ebullient, effervescent, effusive, exuberant, yeasty, barmy, boiling, creamy, fizzy, frothy, simmering, spumous, fermented, scummy, seething, spumescent, bubbling

Examples from the Web for yeasty

Contemporary Examples of yeasty

It is as yeasty as a dinner roll, and cut to form a pocket with closed ends that shore in all ingredients.
El Guero Canelo Serves Tucson’s Most Mexcellent Hot Dog
Jane & Michael Stern
March 30, 2014

Historical Examples of yeasty

They are the dough, and they dislike that yeasty stuff of life which comes and works about in them.
The Island Pharisees
John Galsworthy
What awakening, what striving with tears, what working of a yeasty conscience!
Introduction to Robert Browning
Hiram Corson
We wheeled away to the right, and splashed into yeasty froth.
The Riddle of the Sands
Erskine Childers
The Nadine's rockets had burned away the yeasty soil when she came to ground.
Planet of Dread
Murray Leinster
At length the head assumes a yeasty appearance, the colour becomes yellowish brown, and a vinous odour is developed.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for yeasty

yeasty

adjective yeastier or yeastiest

of, resembling, or containing yeast
fermenting or causing fermentation
tasting of or like yeast
insubstantial or frivolous
restless, agitated, or unsettled
covered with or containing froth or foam

Derived Formsyeastily, adverbyeastiness, noun

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Word Origin and History for yeasty

adj.

1590s, from yeast + -y (2).