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spacy (iou) and mauler (iou)


spacy (iou)



spacy adjective. Also spacey. L19.
[from SPACE noun + -Y1.]
Large, roomy; spacious. L19.
S. Bellow The U.S. Heartland (the spacy continent between Pennsylvania and the Pacific).
Out of touch with reality, disoriented; spaced out. slang (chiefly N. Amer.). M20.
R. Silverberg Vivid visionary dreams, very spacy stuff. Parenting.html">Parenting I was..tired and spacy.
Freq. with ref. to electronic Music: pertaining to or characteristic of (conditions in) outer space. L20.
New York Times Neon tubes and spacy saucer-shaped lights. Los Angeles Times A musical legacy of spacey but melodic rock.
spaciness noun (rare) L19.

mauler (iou)



mauler noun. Also maller. ME.
[from MAUL verb + -ER1.]
Orig., a massive hammer. Later, a person who mauls something. Also = MAUL noun 2b. ME.
A hand, a fist. Cf. MAULEY. slang. E19.