uncomfyadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkʌmfi/, U.S. /ˌənˈkəmfi/ colloquial.
Uncomfortable.
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1868 Fun 1 Feb. 211/1 Duke Bailey and Duke Humphy..eat her winkles till they felt Exceedingly uncomfy.
1925 A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves iii. vi. 222 Such an uncomfy house!
1981 ‘A. Hall’ Pekin Target xvii. 181 Put it under my head..no need to be uncomfy.
2009 E. Thom Tin-kin 54 Maeve, who'd been uncomfy in the heat.
Derivatives
unˈcomfyness n.
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1914 L. Woolf Wise Virgins ii. 39 ‘I hate being uncomfortable. But then I don't think I often am, except when I..cut my nails.’ ‘Oh, that sort of uncomfyness!’ said Gwen.
1995 Independent (Nexis) 30 Apr. 32 Passmore's personal problems..seem to amount..not so much to unhappiness as its British equivalent, uncomfyness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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