woolly
English
/ˈwʊli/
adj
Definitions
- Made of wool.
- Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
- (figuratively) Based on emotions rather than logic.
- (figuratively) Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.
- (obsolete) Clothed in wool.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wolly suffix from English wool.
Origin
English
wool
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abb-wool English
- bullswool English
- dewool English
- lambswool English
- longwool English
- nonwool English
- rockwool English
- underwool English
- wool English
- woolbroker English
- woolclasser English
- woolclassing English
- woolcomber English
- woolcombing English
- wooldriver English
- wooled English
- woolen English
- woolfell English
- woolgathering English
- woolgrass English
- woolgrower English
- woolgrowing English
- woolhall English
- woolhat English
- woolhead English
- woolish English
- woolless English
- woollike English
- woollily English
- woolliness English
- woollyish English
- woolman English
- woolpack English
- woolpacker English
- woolsack English
- woolsedge English
- woolshed English
- woolskin English
- woolsorter English
- woolstock English
- woolward English
- woolwear English
- woolwinder English
- woolwork English
- woolworks English
- wooly English
- wol Dutch, Flemish
- wollig Dutch, Flemish
- *wullō Proto-Germanic
- ウール Japanese
- wolle Middle English
- wolly Middle English
- wul Malay
- iwulu Xhosa
- wul Tok Pisin
- ulu Hausa
- wool
- wooly
- dewool
- woolen
- wooled
- woolhat
- woolman
- nonwool
- woolish
- woolfell
- longwool
- woolhead
- woolhall
- abb-wool
- woolwork
- woolward
- woolsack
- woolshed
- woolless
- rockwool
- woolskin
- woollily
- woolwear
- woolpack
- woollike
- bullswool
- woolstock
- woollyish
- lambswool
- woolsedge
- woolworks
- woolgrass
- underwool
- woolliness
- woolsorter
- wooldriver
- woolgrower
- woolwinder
- woolbroker
- woolpacker
- woolcomber
- woolgrowing
- woolclasser
- woolcombing
- woolclassing
- woolgathering