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Cockroach vs Cockroachy - What's the difference?

cockroach | cockroachy |

As a noun cockroach

is a black or brown straight-winged insect of the order blattodea .

As an adjective cockroachy is

(informal) infested with cockroaches.

cockroach

English

(wikipedia cockroach)

Noun

(es)
  • A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea .
  • (offensive, slang) An unhygienic person or a member of a group of people regarded as unhygienic or rapidly procreating.

    • Synonyms

    * (black or brown insect) roach (US)

    cockroachy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Infested with cockroaches.
  • * 1917 , O. Henry, Waifs and Strays (page 55)
    • Look at me, another accessory, come two thousand miles on a garlicky, cockroachy banana steamer all the way from South America to connive at the sacrifice...
  • * 1992 , Sue Grafton, H is for Homicide (page 227)
    • By morning, the place seemed familiar in a cockroachy sort of way. Bibianna lent me a clean T-shirt to wear with my red miniskirt.