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ferniest

ferniest is the superlative form of ferny.

Meaning of ferny

Adjective

ferny (comparative fernier, superlative ferniest)

  1. Of or pertaining to ferns.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a fern, in appearance, smell, etc.
    • All kinds of mosses grew by the stream—tufty, flat, ferny, and curly, green, yellow and a whitish kind that was tipped with scarlet sealing wax.1942, Emily Carr, “Time”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC
  3. Covered in or filled with ferns; flanked or surrounded by ferns.
    • And from the bush there came the sound of little streams flowing, quickly, lightly, slipping between the smooth stones, gushing into ferny basins and out again; and there was the splashing of big drops on large leaves […]1922, Katherine Mansfield, “At the Bay”, in The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield, Penguin, published 2007

Questions about ferniest

What is ferniest the superlative form of?
Ferniest is the superlative form of ferny.

Words near ferniest in the dictionary

  1. Ferneyhough
  2. Fernhill
  3. Fernhill Heath
  4. Fernie
  5. fernier
  6. ferniest
  7. Fernihough
  8. Fernihoughs
  9. Fernihurst
  10. fernily
  11. ferning

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