hearsyadj.
/ˈhəːsi/ Resembling or characteristic of a hearse; funereal.
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hearsy1901
1901 ‘A. Hope’ Tristram of Blent v. 57 Mr. Gainsborough was obviously a man who would not waste his chance of a funeral;..it would need startling measures to keep him from a funeral. ‘I hate hearsey people,’ grumbled Harry as he threw the letter down.
1908 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 3rd vi. vi. 269 Full-clothed in black, with nodding hearsy plumes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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adj.1901- into employment
- into everlasting
- into focus
- into garrison
- into good hands
- into grass
- into height
- into high
- into irons
- into kilter
- into little
- into low
- into one
- into one's shirt
- into one'the shirt
- into open
- into or out of windrow
- into or to shatters
- into orbit
- into overdrive
- into pause
- into pieces
- into place
- into play
- into position