torchyadj.
/ˈtɔːtʃi/ 1. Full of torches; in which torches are used. rare.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [adjective]
torchy1629
flambeaued1852
torched1901
1629 F. Lenton Young Gallants Whirligigg 16 All his spangled rare perfum'd attires, Which once so glistred in the Torchy Fryers, Must to the Broakers to compound his debt.
2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a torch song or torch singer. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [adjective]
unaccompanied1818
madrigalian1848
madrigalesque1853
folk-songish1925
torchy1941
sing-along1959
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adjective] > singing other music
serenading1673
caroling1867
yodelling1886
torchy1941
1941 W. C. Handy Father of Blues xxi. 285 The torchiest of all torch songs, Melancholy Baby.
1962 Times 28 Dec. 9/5 Miss Ross sings a variety of songs—slinky, torchy, witty.
1977 Time 25 July 60/2 He is married to Actress Diahnne Abbott, whose torchy rendition of Honeysuckle Rose in New York, New York upstages Liza Minnelli's belting.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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adj.1629