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featy

featy adjective: pretty; neat.

Adjective

featy (comparative more featy, superlative most featy)

  1. (obsolete, regional) Pretty; neat.
    • Featy adj. pretty, neat.1874, Somerset Archaeological Society, Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History: Vol. XVIII
  2. (obsolete, regional) Of wool: having a number of coarse, shorter white hairs mixed in with the finer wool, or (by extension) in any bad condition.
    • Featy adj. 1. Applied to wool; when a number of coarse short white hairs are mixed with the finer wool of the fleece - called also kempy1874, English Dialect Society, West Somerset Word Book
  3. (obsolete, regional) Of wool: having been exposed to damp and rotted, though appearing unchanged.
    • Featy adj. 2. This word expressed a particular kind of injury to which wool or woollen cloth is liable if left long in the damp - it seems to be rotten as to strength, while in appearance there is little change.1874, English Dialect Society, West Somerset Word Book

Forms of featy

comparativemore featy
superlativemost featy

Questions about featy

What does featy mean?
Featy means pretty; neat.
What part of speech is featy?
Featy is an adjective.

Words near featy in the dictionary

  1. featurizations
  2. featurize
  3. featurized
  4. featurizes
  5. featurizing
  6. featy
  7. feaver
  8. feavers
  9. feavour
  10. feavourish
  11. feavours

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