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shroudy

shroudy adjective: resembling or characteristic of a shroud.

Adjective

shroudy (comparative more shroudy, superlative most shroudy)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a shroud.
    • […] a shroudy mist, which gradually assumed an angel form, and revealed the features of my precious sister.1864, Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine, volumes 23-24, page 102
  2. (obsolete, rare) Affording shelter.
    • If your stray attendance be yet lodg'd
      Within these shroudie limits.1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...
    • As when, within a shroudy pumice-rock / Ensconced, a shepherd hath [a swarm of] bees / Traced out, and filled it up with pungent smoke; […]1871, Virgil in English Rhythm, page 322

Forms of shroudy

comparativemore shroudy
superlativemost shroudy

Origin of shroudy

From shroud + -y.

Questions about shroudy

What does shroudy mean?
Shroudy means resembling or characteristic of a shroud.
What part of speech is shroudy?
Shroudy is an adjective.

Words near shroudy in the dictionary

  1. shrouding
  2. shroudings
  3. shroudless
  4. shroudlike
  5. shrouds
  6. shroudy
  7. Shrout
  8. Shrouts
  9. shrove
  10. Shrove Monday
  11. Shrove Mondays

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