sandy

From Middle English sandi, sondy, sandiȝ, from Old English sandiġ (“sandy”), equivalent to sand +‎ -y. Cognate with Dutch zandig (“sandy”), German sandig (“sandy”), Swedish sandig (“sandy”).

• enPR: săn'di, IPA^(key): /ˈsændi/

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• Rhymes: -ændi
• Homophone: sandhi

sandy (comparative sandier, superlative sandiest)

1. Covered with sand.
2. Sprinkled with sand.
3. Containing sand.

   Some plants grow best in sandy soil.

4. Like sand, especially in texture.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.

5. Having the colour of sand.

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sandy (plural sandies)

1. (informal) A sandwich
2. (informal) Ellipsis of pecan sandy.