thready
Meanings
adj
- Of, resembling, or capable of forming a thread; filamentous.
- weak.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English *thredi, *thredy (suggested by derivative Middle English thredines, þredinez (“fibrousness, stringiness”, literally “threadiness”)), equivalent to thread + -y.
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