oozy
/ˈuːzi/
oozy adjective: of or pertaining to the quality of something that oozes.
Adjective
oozy (comparative oozier, superlative ooziest)
- Of or pertaining to the quality of something that oozes.
- A daughter?
Oh heauens, that they were liuing both in Nalpes
The King and Queene there, that they were, I wish
My selfe were mudded in that oo-zie bed
Where my sonne lies: when did you lose your daughter?1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published... - [The rain] fell with an oozy, slushy sound among the grass; and made a muddy kennel of every furrow in the ploughed fields.1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, “Chapter 13”, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- weeping
- A daughter?
Examples of oozy in a sentence
- Each country is casting its net of espionage into the slimy bottom of the others, fishing for their secrets, the treacherous secrets which brew in the oozy depths of diplomacy.1918, Rabindranath Tagore, Nationalism, London: Macmillan & Co., page 38:
- […] he gulped down a chill and glutinous slice of the ice-cream brick, and cocoanut cake as oozy as shaving-cream.1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter IX, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, page 123:
Synonyms of oozy
Forms of oozy
| comparative | oozier |
|---|---|
| superlative | ooziest |
Origin of oozy
From ooze + -y.
Words formed from oozy
Words that rhyme with oozy
Questions about oozy
- What does oozy mean?
- Oozy means of or pertaining to the quality of something that oozes.
- How do you use oozy in a sentence?
- Each country is casting its net of espionage into the slimy bottom of the others, fishing for their secrets, the treacherous secrets which brew in the oozy depths of diplomacy.
- What part of speech is oozy?
- Oozy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce oozy?
- Oozy is pronounced /ˈuːzi/.
Words near oozy in the dictionary
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