kitchenyadj.
/ˈkɪtʃᵻni/, /ˈkɪtʃn̩i/, U.S. /ˈkɪtʃəni/, /ˈkɪtʃn̩i/ Suitable for or typical of the kitchen; of or relating to the kitchen.
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1816 L. Hunt in Examiner 15 Sept. 588/1 To think, for instance, of that laborious and inelegant class of the community,—Washerwomen, and of all the hot, disagreeable, dabbing, smoaking, splashing, kitcheny, cold-dining, anti-company-receiving associations, to which they give rise.
a1846 B. R. Haydon in F. W. Haydon Benjamin Robert Haydon: Corr. & Table-talk (1876) II. 293 The parlour is kept for their friends, and he and she kennel in a little fusty back-room, with a broken rug—dusty and kitcheny.
1909 St. Nicholas Nov. 30/1 No, sir, it is n't right by quality people to give 'em the kitcheny things we were going to have to eat at the feast.
1971 P. Dickinson Sleep & his Brother vi. 137 Doll had left the room..and was making kitcheny noises beyond.
2015 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 Sept. t35 Wall cabinets have a kitcheny feel, and I didn't want that... I wanted the kitchen to feel airy and open and more like part of the living area.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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