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Definition of Stripy
1. Adjective. Marked or decorated with stripes.
Definition of Stripy
1. Adjective. Having stripes; striped. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stripy
1. marked with stripes [adj STRIPIER, STRIPIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stripy
Literary usage of Stripy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1852)
"... expression to repeat the word on which the emphasis falls, as yn dda da for
verygood; but a more idiomatic translation would have been, very stripy. ..."
2. Just So Stories for Little Children by Rudyard Kipling (1902)
"... and the Zebra grew stripy, and the Eland and the Koodoo grew darker, with
little wavy grey lines on their backs like bark on a tree trunk; and so, ..."
3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1903)
"... and the Zebra grew stripy, and the Eland and the Koodoo grew darker, with
little wavy grey lines on their backs like bark on a tree trunk; and so, ..."
4. Management and Feeding of Sheep by Thomas Shaw (1914)
"Prominent among the defects in wool are felting of the fleece in whole or in
part, cloudiness or discoloration, a stripy condition, break or joint, ..."
5. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"It is supposed to be a clouded animal — not stripy, but blotchy, like a tortoise-shell
tom-cat. No end of a brute, it is, and a sure sign of war or ..."
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