wavey

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Definition of wavey

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Canada, US, dialectal)The snow goose (Chen caerulescens)
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noun

  1. (Canada, US, dialectal)The snow goose (Chen caerulescens)

adj

  1. (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.”

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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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