woolen
Meanings
adj
- Made of wool.
- Of or relating to wool or woolen cloths.
noun
- An item of clothing made from wool.
name
- A surname.
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Etymology
From Middle English wollen, wullen, from Old English wyllen, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (“woollen”), equivalent to wool + -en. Cognate with Scots wollin, wolne, wowne (“woollen”), Dutch wollen (“woollen”), German wollen (“woollen”), Danish uldne (“woollen”), Norwegian Bokmål ullen (“fuzzy; woolen”).
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