I was staying with my mother's sister, a retired character actress with a churchy streak.

The latter meaning is by no means marginal and often edges itself into central position; thus, wordy seldom maans 'verbal, pertaining to or consistig of words', signifying normally 'verbose, characterized by or given to the use of many, or too many, words', an abundantial semantic streak even more clearly predominant in the abstract wordiness.

Coordinate term: biscuit

Where the horrible clamor had merely set my nerves ajangle, it had plainly lacerated her like some evil bullwhip.