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wreathy

/ˈɹiːði/

wreathy adjective: twisted; curly; spiral.

Adjective

wreathy (comparative more wreathy, superlative most wreathy)

  1. (obsolete) twisted; curly; spiral.
    • wreathy spires, and cochleary turnings about1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
    • A wreathy foliage and concealing shade1725–1726, Homer, “Book 6”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC

Forms of wreathy

comparativemore wreathy
superlativemost wreathy

Origin of wreathy

From wreath + -y.

Questions about wreathy

What does wreathy mean?
Wreathy means twisted; curly; spiral.
What part of speech is wreathy?
Wreathy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce wreathy?
Wreathy is pronounced /ˈɹiːði/.

Words near wreathy in the dictionary

  1. wreathmaking
  2. wreathplant
  3. wreaths
  4. wreathwise
  5. wreathwork
  6. wreathy
  7. Wreay
  8. Wrecclesham
  9. wreck
  10. wreck car
  11. wreck cars

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