Adjective: cliquey
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | cliquier |
| Superlative | cliquiest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
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Jack McFarland: Um, look, Leo, I know you're new here, and, um, we don't want you to think we're really cliquey and don't let anyone in our little group, but, um, well, we're really cliquey and we don't want anyone in our little group.
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Karen Walker: So, if you want to break into the fag four, this symbol of gay oppression has got to go. [1998, Will & Grace:]
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Do not form clubs on the playground that don't include everyone - they're cliquey and mean. [2003, Amanda E. Lewis, Race in the Schoolyard:]
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Cliquey is cooler. If you don't like it blame Kitch. [2008, King Boreas, St. Paul Winter Carnival:]
Adjectives inflected like cliquey
snipey,
scaley,
smiley,
slicey,
slimey,
slatey,
shitey,
blowsey,
plaguey,
breezey,
schemey,
smudgey,
smidgey,
douchey,
greasey,
cabbagey,
chocolatey,
cliquey,
squiggley,
dog-whistley, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English clique
3. Proto-Indo-European *-kos
4. Proto-Germanic *-gaz
5. Proto-West Germanic *-g
6. Old English -iġ
7. Middle English -y
8. English -y
9. English cliquey
10. From clique + -y.