woolly

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

laineux

poilu

serré

cotonneux

de laine

laineuxse

confus

😕

floconeuxse

Synonymes

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

Traductions

lanoso

μάλλινος

lanoso

lanuto

lanoso

wollig

llanós

yün gibi

yünlü

wollig

wolachtig

di lana

μαλλιαρός

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈwʊli/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: wolly

Appartenant à saterlandais: wullich

Appartenant à néerlandais: wollig

Appartenant à allemand: wollig

Appartenant à suédois: 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”).