blasty

1 of 2

adjective

ˈblastē,

-laa-,

-lai-,

-lȧ-,

-ti

usually -er/-est

1

: subject to or marked by blasts especially of wind : gusty

this bleak and blasty shore

—Nathaniel Hawthorne

2

: causing or impaired by blast

a good recording but a bit blasty at times

-blasty

2 of 2

noun combining form

-blas·​ty

ˌblastē,

-laa-,

-lai-,

-ti

plural -es

: manner or condition of germinating

heteroblasty

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

blast entry 1 + -y

Noun combining form

International Scientific Vocabulary, from -blastic + -y

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