wavey
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 5
Definition of wavey
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (Canada, US, dialectal)The snow goose (Chen caerulescens)
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noun
- (Canada, US, dialectal)The snow goose (Chen caerulescens)
adj
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(form-of, uncommon)Uncommon form of wavy.
“Pears and Apples I could never diſcover any thing to breed in but only the leſſer Phælænæ, about ⁴⁄₁₀ Inch long, whitiſh underneath; greyiſh brown above (dappled with brown Spots, inclining to a dirty Red) all but about a third part at the end of the Wings, which is not grey, but brown, elegantly ſtriped with wavey Lines of a Gold-Colour, as if Gilt.”
“The healthful breeze from off the wavey lake, / Fiavor’d and filtered through your tremulous pines; / Your crazy brawling stream wild babblings make, / But gives the sun-like gleam that nightly shines.”
“He was such a nice looking boy with that mane of dark wavey hair and those sea blue eyes.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
According to one theory, from Cree. An alternative etymology, perhaps a folk etymology, attributes the name to their peculiar, wavy flight.
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