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torchy

adj

Etymology

From torch + -y.

  1. derived from *terkʷ-✻ — “to spin; to turn”
  2. derived from torqua
  3. derived from *torca✻ — “coiled object”
  4. derived from torche
  5. inherited from torch
  6. suffixed as torchy — “torch + y”

Definitions

  1. Having the character of a torch song.

    • […] the lovelorn Sally sings a torchy blues (the poignant "Losing My Mind"), hypocritical Ben masquerades as a carefree song-and-dance man in the bubbly, Gershwin-esque "Live, Laugh, Love," and so on.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for torchy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA