Printy

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Having a pattern or design that looks like it was printed on the surface of a fabric or object
2. Bearing a printed-style motif or marking, as on cloth, paper, or packaging with repeated designs
3. Describing something decorated with a repeated printed design or a look resembling printed text

Etymology: "Printy" is an adjective formed by adding the suffix "-y" to "print," meaning "having prints" or "covered in patterns." The "-y" suffix, from Old English "-ig," was a productive way to turn nouns into adjectives describing something full of or characterised by the noun, as in "sandy," "rainy," or "bloody." The noun "print" itself came into English in the Middle Ages, first meaning a mark or impression left by pressing one thing into another, such as a footprint. Its sense of an image reproduced on paper by pressing inked type or a block onto it developed later, which is why "printy" can describe either a surface marked with impressions or a fabric decorated with repeated designs.