cork´i|ness

cork´i|ness
cork|y «KR kee», adjective, cork|i|er, cork|i|est.
1. Informal. of or resembling cork: a) corklike: »

shoes with corky soles, floats with corky buoyancy.

b) Figurative. trifling, frivolous, or buoyant: »

They felt so corky it was hard to keep them down (Oliver Wendell Holmes).

2. tasting of the cork; corked: »

corky wine.

cork´i|ness, noun.

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