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ballroomy

adj

Etymology

From ballroom + -y.

  1. inherited from *(H)rewH-✻ — “to root; to rip, tear”
  2. inherited from *rūmą✻ — “room”
  3. inherited from *rūm✻ — “room”
  4. inherited from rūm — “room, space”
  5. inherited from roum — “room, space”
  6. compounded as ballroom — “ball + room”
  7. suffixed as ballroomy — “ballroom + y”

Definitions

  1. Characteristic of ballroom dancing.

    • The mood is big city, with flashes of madcap mischief, craziness and devilry on the part of Rabbit and (especially) Rogue; the Rag Couple, sometimes ballroomy, have notes of tension and dispute.

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