Having the character or appearance of dawn; resembling the early morning light.
From 'dawn' plus the suffix '-y' (from Old English '-ig'). The '-y' suffix is one of English's most productive, turning nouns into adjectives: 'cloudy,' 'rainy,' 'milky,' 'creepy.'
The '-y' suffix is why English speakers can instantly convert almost any noun into an adjective describing its quality—'sunny' weather, 'silly' jokes, 'deadly' weapons. It's foundational to how English generates new descriptive words.
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