cactussy

English

Adjective

cactussy (comparative more cactussy, superlative most cactussy)

1. Alternative form of cactusy.
   • 1902, May Crommelin, chapter XXI, in Her Faithful Knight: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], →OCLC, book III, page 180:

     Really, Alice, it is a most wonderful tree; for I have been trying to count how many other plants are growing upon it, ferns and cactussy things.

   • 1960, Clifford Geertz, quoting a man, “[Curing, Sorcery, and Magic] Sorcery”, in The Religion of Java, New York, N.Y.: The Free Press; London: Collier-Macmillan Limited, published 1969, →LCCN, part one (The “Abangan” Variant), pages 109–110:

     She also showed me, in each corner of the house, a sort of cactussy plant with big thorns which was to keep the spirits away that were being sent her by the evil coffee shop owner and his wife.

   • 2008, Kes Gray, “The Rimes at The Limes”, in Ultravores, Rimes & Watt Watts (Nelly the Monster Sitter), London: Hodder Children’s Books, →ISBN, section 7, page 155:

     ‘What’s aloe vera?’ she asked. / ‘It’s the cactussy-looking plant on the window ledge in the kitchen,’ said her mum.