splashy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]splashy (comparative splashier, superlative splashiest)
- Relating to making splashes or the sound of splashing.
- Showy, ostentatious.
- His splashy car was supposed to show his wealth, but instead it showed his poor taste.
- Splashed with color.
- Wet and muddy; full of dirty water.
- 1914, The Association Monthly, volume 7, page 254:
- […] 'Cross splashy field where wild things grow, / Past shining reeds in knee-deep tarns, […]