Clanny

Origin

clan + -y

Full definition of clanny

Adjective

1. clannish; socially exclusive
• 1991, Gerald Lynch, Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers (page 35)They were a clanny bunch who favored each other for jobs...
• 2004, Karin M. Ekström, Helene Brembeck, Elusive Consumption (page 63)Each time I use a personal pronoun, I hear a mafioso echo, a clanny, insular, hegemonic reverberation...