Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
a) 2-syllable adjectives in -Y
| bleaky | Bleak. |
| blooey | (Sl.) out of order. |
| busky | (Shakesp.) bushy. |
| cheerly | Gay; cheerful. |
| deawy | (Spenser) dewy. |
| deely | As in deely boppers, a hairband with two bobbing antennae-like projections. |
| dormy | In golf, as many strokes ahead as there are holes to play. |
| dreadly | Dreadful. |
| fleury | Having fleur-de-lis. |
| flooey | Awry. |
| frory | Frozen. |
| goary | (Milton) gory. |
| griesy | (Spenser) grisly. |
| grisy | (Spenser) grey. |
| gryesy | (Spenser) grey. |
| guly | (Obs.) of colour gules (heraldic red). |
| hugy | (Arch.) huge, vast. |
| laithly | (Scots)loathsome. |
| leany | (Spenser) lean. |
| lionly | Like a lion; fierce. |
| loathy | (Arch.) loathsome. |
| mifty | (Obs.) quick to take offence. |
| nitry | Containing nitre. |
| nowy | Having a convex curvature near the middle. |
| only | ONLIEST but no ONLIER*. |
| paty | Having expanded crossed arms. |
| plurry | (Coll.) bloody. |
| primy | (Shakesp.) in one's prime, blooming. |
| prismy | Pertaining to a PRISM. |
| purfly | (Carlyle) short-winded. |
| saughy | Full of saughs, willows. |
| sleepry | (Scots) sleepy. |
| sonly | Pertaining to a SON. |
| spoffy | (Arch.) officious. |
| tenny | Orange-brown. |
| thristy | (Spenser) thirsty. |
| urdy | Pointed, with a pattern of points. |
| viewly | (Dial.) pleasing to look at. |
| yawey | Pertaining to YAWS, the disease. |
| yesty | (Obs.) yeasty. |
b) Other non-comparing adjectives that may mislead
| averse | Opposed, reluctant. |
| azury | Azure. |
| blankety | Damned. |
| blooie | (Sl.) out of order. |
| brickle | Brittle. |
| conceity | Full of conceit. |
| cousinly | Like or becoming a cousin. |
| crouse | (Scots) lively, pert, arrogant. |
| dawney | (Irish) dull or slow. |
| deawie | (Spenser) dewy. |
| dormie | IN golf, as many strokes ahead as there are holes to play. |
| dowf | (Scots) dull, heavy, spiritless. |
| erect | upright. There is a noun ERECTER (also ERECTOR): one who erects. But no ERECTEST*. |
| fap | Intoxicated, fuddled. |
| finite | Limited. |
| flooie | Awry. |
| frack | (Scots) prompt, eager. |
| fusc | Brown, dingy. |
| grushie | (Scots) healthy, thriving. |
| histie | (Scots) dry, barren. |
| hirstie | (Scots) dry, barren. |
| pavid | Afraid. |
| queint | (Obs.) quaint. |
| rogue | Mischievous; diverging from accepted norms. |
| seld | Rare; uncommon; unusual. Cf. SELDSEEN, SELDSHOWN. |
| sleepery | (Scots) sleepy. |
| smittle | (Scots) infectious. |
| sprack | Quick; lively; alert. |
| sprag | Quick; lively; alert. Also a verb, so SPRAGS, SPRAGGED, SPRAGGING. |
| sprush | Spruce, neat. Also a verb, so SPRUSHES, SPRUSHING, SPRUSHED. |
| squiff | (Coll.) tipsy, drunk. No comp, but SQUIFFER is valid as a noun. |
| swack | (Scots) pliant, nimble. |
| swart | Black. |
| teachie | (Obs.) tetchy. |
| void | Empty. No VOIDEST: there is VOIDER, but it is a noun. |
| yald | (Scots) active, nimble. |
| yauld | (Scots) active, nimble. |