# jazzy
## English
### Etymology

From jazz +‎ -y.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd͡ʒæzi/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æzi

### Adjective

jazzy (comparative jazzier, superlative jazziest)
* In the style of jazz.
* Flashy or showy.
* Lacking focus; jittery or jangly.
** 1996, Daniel J. Wideman, Rohan B. Preston, Soulfires: Young Black Men on Love and Violence, page 189:Your mother-of-pearl teeth, hard thighs, heaving ribcage — The smooth back of your adolescent neck, Your hot testicles swimming with future generations, And that rhinoceros horn there that makes you shiver all jazzy — You are where I get my fantasies, nigra.
** 2005, Peter Thomas, The Den of the Assassin, →ISBN, page 247:John was waiting in the health club's juice bar, wearing a gray pinstriped Oxford suit and a blue Hermes tie. "You look all jazzy," Tyler said as he approached his partner. "I got you a cup of coffee."
** 2016, Laurence Fearnley, The Quiet Spectacular, →ISBN, page 109:The letters seemed to go all jazzy on her and then they kept shifting, changing direction and making new patterns that she couldn't recognize.

#### Synonyms

* (in the style of jazz):: jazzlike
* (flashy or showy):: flashy, showy, (gaudy): Thesaurus:gaudy
* (lacking focus):: jittery, jangling

#### Translations
## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English jazzy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdʒɛ.zi/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: jaz‧zy

### Adjective

jazzy (comparative jazzyer, superlative jazzyest)
* jazzy (in the style of jazz)

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jazzy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʝasi/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.si]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝasi/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.si]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃasi/ [ˈʃa.si]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒasi/ [ˈʒa.si]
* Rhymes: -asi

### Adjective

jazzy (invariable)
* (rare) jazzy
** 2015, Luis Ángel Rico Tejedor, Turbo Manual de Guitarra Eléctrica v2.0, Ociosu, page 150:Para dar un sonido más “jazzy” a la progresión el acorde A7 lo tocaremos con la quinta aumentada (A7♯5), y en lugar de acordes de séptima dominante, usaremos acordes de novena.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2012 May 15, Jorge Letelier, “Andrea Tessa lanza disco con arreglos swing y una big band de 50 músicos”, in La Tercera‎:Y el título, más que el género, se refiere a un estado de ánimo: «Lo que me gusta del título es que jazzy quiere decir chispeante. Eso se ajusta al disco», afirma la ex conductora de TV.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2017 September 5, Diego A. Manrique, “Muere Walter Becker, mitad del enigmático proyecto Steely Dan”, in El País‎:Gracias a su estudio particular, Becker volvió discretamente a la actividad, con la producción de artistas de querencia jazzy como Michael Franks o Ricki Lee Jones.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

#### Related terms

* jazz