English Explanatory Dictionary

woolly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Made of wool.
  2. Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
  3. Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.
  4. Clothed in wool.
  5. Cross; irritable.
noun
  1. A sweater or similar garment made of wool.
  2. A sheep not yet shorn.
  3. A piece of woolwork.
noun
  1. A woolly back; someone from the area around Liverpool, not from Liverpool itself.

Pronunciation

/ˈwʊli/ En-au-woolly.ogg

Word forms

woolly woollier woolliest wooly woollies

Etymology

From Middle English wolly, equivalent to wool + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wullich (“woolly”), Dutch wollig (“woolly”), German wollig (“woolly”), Swedish ullig (“woolly”).

Derived words

wild and woolly woolly adelgid woolly aphid woollyback woolly bear woolly bear caterpillar woolly bluecurls woolly fringe moss woolly-haired woolly hat woolly-head woolly-headed woolly hippopotamus woollyish woolly lemur woolly mammoth woolly marbles woolly-minded woolly monkey woolly mouse woolly mouse opossum woolly nightshade woolly opossum woolly-pated woolly pate woolly-pate woolly poison woolly rhino woolly rhinoceros woolly woofter woolly worm
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