talcy, a.
(ˈtælkɪ)
Also 7–9 talky, 8– talcky.
[f. talc n. + -y: for form with -ck- cf. colicky.]
a. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or consisting of talc.
| 1676 Phil. Trans. XI. 615 Some are marly..; some bolar, some sandy, some talky, some limy. 1709 Ibid. XXVI. 384 A foliated or talky Earth. 1733 Ibid. XXXVIII. 66 At last by encreasing the Fire to the highest Degree, there sublimed some white Talcky [printed Talckly] Flowers. 1746 Da Costa ibid. XLIV. 405 Most of the talcy Bodies are of a fibrous Nature. 1799 W. Tooke Russ. Emp. I. 118 There rises a talcky micaceous schistus out of the trapp. 1852 Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. III. xxv. 58 The micaceous and talky slates of his country. 1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. x. 162/2 A large land-slip extends over a good deal of the lens, and material in the slip contains large blocks of talcy serpentine. |
b. Of or pertaining to talcum powder, in toilet and cosmetic use. Cf. talc n. 2 d. colloq.
| 1972 Daily Tel. 11 July 13 The faint, talcy smell of babies in the bathroom. |