foamy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈfoʊmi/ (General-American)
- /ˈfəʊmi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English fomy, from Old English fāmiġ, fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimag, *faimīg, equivalent to foam + -y.
Meanings
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Full of foam.
For busy thoughts the Stream flowed on / In foamy agitation
1835, William Wordsworth, “(please specify the poem)”, in Yarrow Revisited, and Other Poems, London: […] Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, […]; and Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:Tlepolemus, the sun of Hercules, / Led nine swift vessels through the foamy seas
1715–1720, Homer, “(please specify the book of the Iliad or chapter quoted from)”, in Alexander Pope, transl., The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:He jumped overboard into the foamy waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| foamier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| foamiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
foamily · nonfoamy · foaminess
Synonyms
Translations (26)
de schäumend (full of foam) · pl pienisty (full of foam) · bg пенлив (full of foam) · pdt schumich (full of foam) · bg пенест (full of foam) · ro spumos (full of foam) · de Schaum- (full of foam) · atv кӧбиктӱг (full of foam) · fr mousseux (full of foam) · tr köpüklü (full of foam) · ky көбүктүү (full of foam) · el αφρώδης (full of foam) · yi שוימיק (full of foam) · de schaumig (full of foam) · oc escumós (full of foam) · fi vaahtoava (full of foam) · eo ŝaŭma (full of foam) · ru пе́нный (full of foam) · gl escumoso (full of foam) · ru пе́нистый (full of foam) · fi vaahtoinen (full of foam) · es espumoso (full of foam) · ca escumós (full of foam) · la spūmeus (full of foam) · es esponjoso (full of foam) · alt кӧбӱктӱ (full of foam)