watery

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of water.
  2. Wet, soggy or soaked with water.
  3. Diluted or having too much water.
  4. Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water.
  5. Weak and insipid.
  6. Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc.
  7. Tearful.
  8. Containing many bodies of water.

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈwɔːtəɹi/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English watery, wattry, from Old English wæteriġ (“watery”), from Proto-West Germanic *watarīg. Equivalent to water + -y.

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