woolly

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

wollig

wolachtig

vaag

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

laineux

lanoso

lanoso

lanuto

lanoso

μάλλινος

wollig

llanós

yünlü

yün gibi

di lana

μαλλιαρός

lanuginós

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈwʊli/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: wolly

Verwant aan Saterfries: wullich

Verwant aan Nederlands: wollig

Verwant aan Duits: wollig

Verwant aan Zweeds: 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”).