wavey

Uncommon form of wavy.

Adjective

  1. 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

wavier waviest

Noun

  1. 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.

Forms

waveys wavy

Synonyms

white wavy blue goose blue wavy