sticky-outy

English

Etymology

From stick out +‎ -y.

Adjective

sticky-outy (comparative more sticky-outy, superlative most sticky-outy)

1. (informal, humorous) Sticking out; protruding.
   • 2009, Nicholson Baker, The Anthologist, page 133:

     In Karl Shapiro's autobiography there's a picture of Shapiro sitting at a round table with some of his students, and one of his students is Ted Kooser. Ted Kooser is an agreeable-looking young man with sticky-outy ears […]