Dictionary

leathery en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈlɛðəɹi/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *letrosbor. Proto-Germanic *leþrą Proto-West Germanic *leþr Old English leþer Middle English lether English leather Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English leathery From leather + -y.

Meanings

1. Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather.
   • It is a staggering work, leathery and reliclike, with most of Pop Art embedded in its fragile surfaces. 2007 January 5, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in The New York Times:
   • The Agaricales have basidiocarps which are fleshy to subfleshy or rarely, almost leathery (but if the latter then the hymenophore is not poroid). 1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York, N.Y.; London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 422:
   • The beef jerky was tough and leathery.

Forms

Deriveds

leathery jacket · leathery turtle · leatheriness

Translations (10)

fi nahistunut (having properties of leather) · sv läderartat (having properties of leather) · bg кожен (having properties of leather) · de ledern (having properties of leather) · pt coriáceo (having properties of leather) · es coriáceo (having properties of leather) · fi nahkamainen (having properties of leather) · fr coriace (having properties of leather) · ca coriaci (having properties of leather) · fi nahkainen (having properties of leather)