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Hunky vs Hunkiness - What's the difference?

hunky | hunkiness |

As nouns the difference between hunky and hunkiness

is that hunky is (north america|slang|ethnic slur) a person of hungarian or slavic, especially ruthenian, descent while hunkiness is the state or condition of being hunky.

As an adjective hunky

is (slang) exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.

hunky

English

Etymology 1

Probably (etyl) hunke, 19th century.

Adjective

(er)
  • (slang) Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.
  • Shaped like a hunk, or piece; chunky.
    • Related terms
    * hunk

    Etymology 2

    From the older (hunk), probably alteration of (Hungarian). Compare (bohunk).

    Alternative forms

    * hunkie * hunkey

    Noun

    (hunkies)
  • (North America, slang, ethnic slur) A person of Hungarian or Slavic, especially Ruthenian, descent.
  • *2009 , Victor Bockris, Warhol: The Biography , page 20
  • *:Like blacks, who were the only ethnic group below them on the social scale, Eastern Europeans, contemptuously labelled ‘hunkies ’, were dismissed as incapable and untrustworthy.

    • References

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    hunkiness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or condition of being hunky.