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5 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
adjective tastelessly showy
originSense “in poor taste” from 1888, from earlier sense meaning shabby or seedy. Also see tackey (“neglected horse”), Southern US colloquialism from 1800s, later extended to people.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0