cardboardyadj.

Brit.

/ˈkɑːdbɔːdi/, U.S.

/ˈkɑrdˌbɔrdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cardboard n.², -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < cardboard n.² + -y suffix¹.

Resembling cardboard; (figurative) flimsy, superficial, unreal; (of food) hard, dry, or bland.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [adjective] > only in imagination or unreal

imaginary?1510

imaginative1517

rational1530

fantastical1531

fantasied1561

airy1565

fancied1568

legendary1570

dreamed1597

fabled1606

ideal1611

fictive1612

affectual1614

insubstantiala1616

imaginatorya1618

supposititious1620

fictitious1621

utopian1624

utopic1624

notional1629

affective1633

fictiousa1644

notionary1646

figmental1655

suppositious1655

fict1677

visionary1725

metaphysical1728

unrealized1767

fancy1801

nice-spun1801

subjective1815

aerial1829

transcendental1835

cardboardy1863

mythical1870

cardboard1879

fictionary1882

figmentary1887

alternative1939

alternate1944

fantasized1964

ideate1966

fanciful-

fantastic-

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > materials made from paper or pulp > [adjective] > resembling cardboard

cardboardy1966

1863 Ecclesiologist June 170 Pieces of thin brass bar, bent into foliations, with flowers of thin, card-boardy sheet brass inserted.

1925 D. H. Lawrence Refl. Death Porcupine 233 All you can do now is to twiddle-twaddle about golden boughs, because you are empty.., hollow, deficient, and cardboardy.

1966 N. Freeling King of Rainy Country 37 A huge piece of pastry..that had gone slightly cardboardy from being kept in the fridge.

1968 H. R. F. Keating Inspector Ghote hunts Peacock i. 8 The big, light brown, rather cardboardy—no, very cardboardy—suitcase.

1969 Listener 6 Mar. 324/1 Mrs Spark probably intended Miss Brodie to be cardboardy in her passions.

2020 Business Day (South Africa) (Nexis) 22 Jan. (Lifestyle section) 8 For children starting a school day on an empty stomach..even the most cardboardy cereal bobbing in milk would be a lifesaver.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cardboardy
释义	cardboardyadj. Brit. /ˈkɑːdbɔːdi/, U.S. /ˈkɑrdˌbɔrdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cardboard n.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: < cardboard n.² + -y suffix¹. Resembling cardboard; (figurative) flimsy, superficial, unreal; (of food) hard, dry, or bland. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [adjective] > only in imagination or unreal imaginary?1510 imaginative1517 rational1530 fantastical1531 fantasied1561 airy1565 fancied1568 legendary1570 dreamed1597 fabled1606 ideal1611 fictive1612 affectual1614 insubstantiala1616 imaginatorya1618 supposititious1620 fictitious1621 utopian1624 utopic1624 notional1629 affective1633 fictiousa1644 notionary1646 figmental1655 suppositious1655 fict1677 visionary1725 metaphysical1728 unrealized1767 fancy1801 nice-spun1801 subjective1815 aerial1829 transcendental1835 cardboardy1863 mythical1870 cardboard1879 fictionary1882 figmentary1887 alternative1939 alternate1944 fantasized1964 ideate1966 fanciful- fantastic- society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > materials made from paper or pulp > [adjective] > resembling cardboard cardboardy1966 1863 Ecclesiologist June 170 Pieces of thin brass bar, bent into foliations, with flowers of thin, card-boardy sheet brass inserted. 1925 D. H. Lawrence Refl. Death Porcupine 233 All you can do now is to twiddle-twaddle about golden boughs, because you are empty.., hollow, deficient, and cardboardy. 1966 N. Freeling King of Rainy Country 37 A huge piece of pastry..that had gone slightly cardboardy from being kept in the fridge. 1968 H. R. F. Keating Inspector Ghote hunts Peacock i. 8 The big, light brown, rather cardboardy—no, very cardboardy—suitcase. 1969 Listener 6 Mar. 324/1 Mrs Spark probably intended Miss Brodie to be cardboardy in her passions. 2020 Business Day (South Africa) (Nexis) 22 Jan. (Lifestyle section) 8 For children starting a school day on an empty stomach..even the most cardboardy cereal bobbing in milk would be a lifesaver. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1863
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