PRICY

costly, dear, high-priced, pricey, pricy

(adjective) having a high price; “costly jewelry”; “high-priced merchandise”; “much too dear for my pocketbook”; “a pricey restaurant”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

pricy (comparative more pricy, superlative most pricy)

(informal) Alternative spelling of pricey

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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