beany

English

Etymology

From bean +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːni

Adjective

beany (comparative beanier or more beany, superlative beaniest or most beany)

1. Resembling or characteristic of beans.
   • 1863, The country gentleman, volume 21, page 331:

     Those who like the beany taste in baked beans, will like the Pea bean better than the Blue Pod […]

   • 1977, Pat Flower, Cobweb:

     He kept whoever it was waiting while he wiped up the beany mess.

   • 1985, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, Tofutti and Other Soy Ice Creams, page 221:

     Some producers even add powdered soymilk or soy flour, but the latter can give an objectionable beany flavor.

   • 1988, Angie Gilligan, “Household Dilemma”, in The New British Poetry 1968-88:

     the little plates / in the sink / and the big spoon / and the baked beany pan

Translations

beanlike — see beanlike

Anagrams

• Abney, Baney, Bayne, Bynea