Adjective: tomatoey
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | tomatoier |
| Superlative | tomatoiest |
Perifrastic
| Comparative | more tomatoey |
| Superlative | most tomatoey |
Sample Sentences
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The sandwich toaster. It makes toasted sandwiches. Hot, buttery, cheesy, sardiney, tomatoey, anything-you-likey sandwiches. [2012, Lucy Mangan, My Family and Other Disasters:]
Adjectives inflected like tomatoey
old-timey,
nippley,
drudgey,
tomatoey,
cringey,
dudey,
dykey,
fluey,
gamey,
wifey,
ropey,
rapey,
echoey,
pricey,
tonguey,
spikey,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English tomato
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 -ey
10. English tomatoey
11. From tomato + -ey.