yoky

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From yoke +‎ -y.

Adjective[edit]

yoky (comparative more yoky, superlative most yoky)

  1. (rare) pertaining to or consisting of a yoke
    • 1857, Homer, The Iliads of Homer:
      Of endless youth allotted them, fell through the yoky sphere, []
  2. (rare) yoked
    • 1907, Christopher Marlowe, F. J. Cox, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus:
      Drawn by the strength of yoky dragons' necks, []