-tē, -ti adjective
( -er/-est )
1. : of, consisting of, or resembling yeast : having the froth of yeast or one suggesting it
a yeasty froth covered the mash — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall
the puddles … foamed with a yeasty scum — Ellen Glasgow
2.
a. : turbulent with immaturity, incompleteness, or youth : not yet settled or formed
those yeasty years between childhood and maturity — P.E.More
when our American world was young and yeasty — Catherine D. Bowen
b.
(1) : pregnant with future developments : full of the signs of things to come : churning with growth
the journalism of that yeasty decade furnished the springs of modern news techniques — F.L.Mott
(2) : marked by deep or massive ferment : alive with the processes of change
this is a yeasty field in which circumstances keep altering cases — R.M.Yoder
the yeasty darkness at the mind's base — Bernard DeVoto
c. : full of vitality, initiative, or resource : ebullient , exuberant
the reporters were yeasty Bohemians — Bruce Catton
the yeasty ardor of the famous Old Odessa merchants — Esther & Joseph Riwkin
yeasty and mercurial liberals — Reporter
d. : marked by frothiness or triviality : frivolous
yeasty chatter