woolly

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Made of wool.
2. Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
3. (figuratively) Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.
4. (obsolete) Clothed in wool.
5. (archaic, slang) Cross; irritable.

Noun

1. (informal) A sweater or similar garment made of wool.
2. (US, slang) A sheep not yet shorn.
3. A piece of woolwork.

Noun

A woolly back; someone from the area around Liverpool, not from Liverpool itself.

Conceptes

llanós

beneit

confús

ximplet

lanuginós

llanut

Sinònims

wooly

shaggy

fluffy

woollen

furry

fleecy

wooly

woolen

long-haired

bushy

tousled

hairy

woolly-haired

befuddled

fuzzy

wool

addled

wooly-haired

woolen

muddled

woollen

white crouds

wooly-minded

confused

😕

muzzy

flocculent

lanate

woolly-headed

pell-mell

perplexed

pullover

semiconscious

curly

silly

tangled

topsy-turvy

crisp

unkempt

confusing

woollen material

woollies

complicated

woolies

lanose

flocculated

flannel

fur

frizzy

furred

flaky

Traduccions

laineux

lanoso

lanoso

lanuto

lanoso

μάλλινος

wollig

yün gibi

yünlü

wollig

di lana

wolachtig

de laine

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈwʊli/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: wolly

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: wullich

Cognat amb neerlandès: wollig

Cognat amb alemany: wollig

Cognat amb suec: ullig

In summary

From Middle English wolly, equivalent to wool + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wullich (“woolly”), Dutch wollig (“woolly”), German wollig (“woolly”), Swedish ullig (“woolly”).