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FRINGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fringy mean?
• FRINGY (adjective)
The adjective FRINGY has 1 sense:
1. at or constituting a border or edge
Familiarity information: FRINGY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
At or constituting a border or edge
Synonyms:
fringy; marginal
Context example:
the marginal strip of beach
Similar:
peripheral (on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area)
Derivation:
fringe (an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels)
fringe (the outside boundary or surface of something)
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