Smelling of, tasting of, or full of beer; resembling or characteristic of beer or beer drinkers; smelly or unpleasant from beer.
Adjective formed from 'beer' plus the adjectival suffix -y (from Old English -ig). This productive suffix turns nouns into adjectives suggesting 'having the quality of' or 'full of.'
The word 'beery' captures something specific—not just the taste or smell, but the whole sticky, yeasty, red-faced atmosphere of a tavern full of drunk people, a sensory and social judgment in one word.
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