wavey
Uncommon form of wavy.
Adjective
- 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...
- 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. - 1889 August,...
- He was such a nice looking boy with that mane of dark wavey hair and those sea blue eyes. - 2002, Wensley Clarkson, “The Black Widow”, in Sisters in Blood: Twelve of the Most Horrific Crimes Performed by Women (Blake’s...
Forms
Noun
- The snow goose (Chen caerulescens)
Origin
According to one theory, from Cree. An alternative etymology, perhaps a folk etymology, attributes the name to their peculiar, wavy flight.