eggy

1. tasting or smelling of eggs 2. tasting or smelling like eggs

Meaning of

eggy

in English


eggy


adjective


informal


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ˈeɡ.i

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ˈeɡ.i

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Various qualities of food


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eggy

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Examples

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eggy

eggy


This infused mix is precisely heated with egg and sugar to over-cook the eggs – increasing the

eggy

flavour.

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Problematic point(s): in several cases the spelling does not accurately reflect vowel length (e.g. “sznyog” szunyog mosquito, “kzd” kzd fight) or consonant length (“llat” lat animal, “egy”

eggy

one).

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