Adjective: pricey
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | pricier |
| Superlative | priciest |
Perifrastic
| Comparative | more pricey |
| Superlative | most pricey |
Sample Sentences
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Yellowstone itself remains the biggest headache, with noncamping accommodations limited to a handful of pricey lodges or cookie-cutter cabins... [2008, Bradley Mayhew, Carolyn McCarthy, Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks, page 258:]
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But suppose that Britain grasps electricity produced from sources that don't involve burning pricey gas, and thus produces it more cheaply. [2022 November 16, Philip Haigh, “German study puts hydrogen at the back of the queue”, in RAIL, number 970, page 51:]
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In 2022, organics accounted for 15 percent of all fruit and vegetable sales in the United States despite being far pricier than conventional produce. [2024 July 1, Susan Shain, “Is Organic Produce Worth the Higher Price?”, in The New York Times:]
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The three priciest areas in the country sit along a coast or near beaches. [2024 November 28, Josh Ocampo, “Expensive ZIP Codes Have Something in Common”, in The New York Times:]
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For decades hypochlorous acid lingered in the background, used as a disinfectant in specific industrial and commercial contexts that could justify a pricey, on-site manufacturing process to create products on demand. [2025 May 1, Jen Schwartz, “The magic molecule”, in Scientific American, volume 332, number 5, pages 54-55:]
Adjectives inflected like pricey
old-timey,
nippley,
drudgey,
tomatoey,
cringey,
dudey,
dykey,
fluey,
gamey,
wifey,
ropey,
rapey,
echoey,
pricey,
tonguey,
spikey,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English price
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 pricey
10. From price + -y.