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woady

woady adjective: resembling woad.

Adjective

woady (comparative more woady, superlative most woady)

  1. Resembling woad.
    • There the blue woady streaks
      On their arms and their cheeks,
      And their bows, I seem'd to behold.1846, William Barnes, Poems, Partly of Rural Life, page 70

Forms of woady

comparativemore woady
superlativemost woady

Origin of woady

From woad + -y.

Questions about woady

What does woady mean?
Woady means resembling woad.
What part of speech is woady?
Woady is an adjective.

Words near woady in the dictionary

  1. woadster
  2. woadsters
  3. woadwax
  4. woadwaxen
  5. woadwaxens
  6. woady
  7. woah
  8. woahjack
  9. woahjacks
  10. woaj
  11. woak

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