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nebuly

UK/ˈnɛbjʊli/

nebuly adjective: edged in a deeply wavy line, intended to represent clouds.

Adjective

nebuly (not comparable)

  1. Edged in a deeply wavy line, intended to represent clouds.
    • Elizabeth Brooke, […] Argent, a cross nebuly per pale gules and sable, […]1895, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Complete Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, and a Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, and Being the First Attempt to Show which Arms in...
    • 'That is the coat of the Blandamers—barry nebuly of six, argent and vert.' It was the organist who stood near him in the deepening shadows.' I forgot that such jargon probably conveys no meaning to you, and, indeed, I know no heraldry myself excepting only this one coat of arms, and sometimes...1904, John Meade Falkner, The Nebuly Coat, page 14

Forms of nebuly

alternative formnébulé
alternative formnebulé

Origin of nebuly

French nébulé.

Questions about nebuly

What does nebuly mean?
Nebuly means edged in a deeply wavy line, intended to represent clouds.
What part of speech is nebuly?
Nebuly is an adjective.
How do you pronounce nebuly?
Nebuly is pronounced /ˈnɛbjʊli/ (UK).

Words near nebuly in the dictionary

  1. nebulosity
  2. nebulosus
  3. nebulous
  4. nebulously
  5. nebulousness
  6. nebuly
  7. nebulæ
  8. nebulé
  9. NEC
  10. nec fasc
  11. nec.

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