cliquey
Variant of clique
clique
definition
clique (klik, klēk)
noun
a small, exclusive circle of people; snobbish or narrow coterie
Etymology: Fr < OFr cliquer, to make a noise: of echoic orig.
Related Forms:
- cliquish cliqu′·ish (-is̸h) adjective or cliquey cliqu′ey or cliquy cliqu′y (-ē)
- cliquishly cliqu′·ishly adverb
- cliquishness cliqu′·ish·ness noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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