floaty

Meanings

1. Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
2. Of a ship: having a shallow draft (the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull), and thus drawing less (that is, floating higher in) water.
3. Of music: light and relaxing.
4. Of an object: light and flimsy or soft; specifically, of a dress: lightweight, so as to rise away from the body when the wearer is moving.
5. Of a person: feeling calm, dreamy, happy, etc., as if floating in the air.
6. Of speech or writing: overly complicated or elaborate; flowery, grandiloquent.

1. A particle of food, etc., found floating in liquid.
2. A lilo (inflatable air mattress) or similar object that floats on water and can be lain or sat on.
3. Synonym of armband (“one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim”).

Etymology

From float (noun or verb) + -y (suffix meaning ‘inclined to’ forming adjectives). Compare Middle English floti, floty (“of a place: well supplied with water”).

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