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clowdy

clowdy is the early Modern form of cloudy.

Meaning of cloudy

Adjective

cloudy (comparative cloudier, superlative cloudiest)

  1. Covered with or characterised by clouds.
    Synonyms:
    clouded, overcast
  2. Not transparent or clear.
    • […] aerogel resembles smoke that has been frozen into place — it's cloudy, translucent and virtually weightless.2002, “Best Inventions of 2002”, in Time
    1. Containing pith
  3. Uncertain; unclear.
  4. (informal) Using or relating to cloud computing.
    • a cloudy infrastructure
  5. (archaic, slang) shady; sketchy; suspicious

See all 7 meanings of cloudy

Forms of clowdy

comparativeclowdier
superlativeclowdiest

Questions about clowdy

What is clowdy the early Modern form of?
Clowdy is the early Modern form of cloudy.

Words near clowdy in the dictionary

  1. clowdier
  2. clowdiest
  3. clowding
  4. clowds
  5. Clowdus
  6. clowdy
  7. Clower
  8. Clowers
  9. Clowes
  10. Cloweses
  11. clown

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clowdy (page history and authors); cloudy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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