Dictionary

sleety en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsliːti/

Etymology

Etymology tree English sleet Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sleety From sleet + -y.

Meanings

1. Covered in sleet; full of sleet.
   • Such a man, to quit the tranquillity and independence of his own fireside, and on the evening of a cold sleety April day rush out again into the world! 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 17, in Emma: […], volume II, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC:
   • sleety weather
   • The little doctor threw off his sleety cloak and hat in the lobby, and stood before the officer fresh and puffing, and a little flustered and dazzled after his romp with the wind. 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Church-yard. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

sleetiness · sleetily

Translations (1)

bg кишав (covered in sleet)