smeary
Meaning
- Having or showing smears.
- Tending to smear or soil.
- Having a consistency like grease; covered with such a substance.
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English *smery, *smeri, from Old English smeoruwiġ (“fatty, greasy, unctious, smeary”), from Proto-West Germanic *smerwig, equivalent to smear + -y.
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