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vealy, a.|ˈviːlɪ|
[f. veal n.1]
1. Resembling veal.
1769Mrs. Raffald Eng. Housekpr. (1778) 17 Then put in a few boiled forcemeat balls, which must be made of the veally part of your turtle. 1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 259 When we were fairly at anchor..they crawled out again,..their vealy faces mezzotinted with soot.
2. fig. Imperfectly developed; immature; characterized by youthful immaturity.
1890Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 17 July, A vealy medical-school graduate, whose employment is an insult to intelligent people. 1907Outlook 19 Jan. 80/1 The sylvan thief shared our vealy homage with moonlighters, smugglers [etc.].
Hence ˈvealiness, want of maturity.
1895in Funk's Stand. Dict. |