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Etymology 1
[edit]From junk + -y (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]junky (comparative junkier, superlative junkiest)
- Resembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low quality.
- Synonyms: garbagey, junky, rubbishy, scummy; see also Thesaurus:worthless
- 1970–1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed in Pleasure
- I took my jewelry box & made a bracelet for J from an old broken necklace & the clasp from a junky pink charm bracelet.
- Full of junk.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From junk + -y (“person associated”).
Noun
[edit]junky (plural junkies)
- (slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of junkie.
Further reading
[edit]- “junky”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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