Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryFull of kinks; liable to kink or curl. · Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices. · Queer; eccentric; crotchety.
From kink + -y. Compare Spanish canquiñi (“nappy”).
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- Cognate mentioncanquiñies · nappy
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