- wispy adj
- ['wɪspɪ]
(hair) fine, sottile, (clouds) vaporoso (-a)
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wispy — adj. Wispy is used with these nouns: ↑bang, ↑beard, ↑cloud, ↑hair … Collocations dictionary
wispy — [[t]wɪ̱spi[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If someone has wispy hair, their hair does not grow thickly on their head. Grey wispy hair straggled down to her shoulders. Syn: straggly 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A wispy cloud is thin or faint. The half moon is… … English dictionary
wispy — wispily, adv. wispiness, n. /wis pee/, adj., wispier, wispiest. being a wisp or in wisps; wisplike: a wispy plant. Also, wispish. [1710 20; WISP + Y1] * * * … Universalium
wispy — wisp·y || wɪspɪ adj. slender, light; small; resembling or consisting of thin threads … English contemporary dictionary
wispy — wisp•y [[t]ˈwɪs pi[/t]] also wisp′ish adj. wisp•i•er, wisp•i•est being a wisp or in wisps • Etymology: 1710–20 wisp′i•ly, adv. wisp′i•ness, n … From formal English to slang
will-o'-the-wisp — willo the wispish; esp. Brit., willo the wispy, adj. /wil euh dheuh wisp /, n. 1. See ignis fatuus (def. 1). 2. anything that deludes or misleads by luring on. [1600 10; orig. Will (i.e., William) with the wisp; see WISP] * * * … Universalium
wisp — [wısp] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from whisk] 1.) a wisp of hair, grass, ↑hay etc is a thin piece of it that is separate from the rest wisp of ▪ A wisp of hair had escaped from under her hat. 2.) a wisp of smoke, cloud, mist etc is a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
wisp — [wɪsp] noun [C] something that has a long, thin, delicate shape a wisp of smoke/hair[/ex] wispy adj … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
wisp — [wisp] n. [ME, prob. < Scand, as in Swed visp, a bundle of rushes or twigs, akin to ON visk: see WHISK] 1. a small bundle or bunch, as of straw 2. a thin, slight, or filmy piece, strand, etc. [a wisp of smoke] 3. something delicate, frail, etc … English World dictionary
wisp — n. 1 a small bundle or twist of straw etc. 2 a small separate quantity of smoke, hair, etc. 3 a small thin person etc. 4 a flock (of snipe). Derivatives: wispy adj. (wispier, wispiest). wispily adv. wispiness n. Etymology: ME: orig. uncert.: cf.… … Useful english dictionary
ethereal — adj 1. airy, vaporous, gaseous, pneumatic; tenuous, rarefied, subtle, chimerical, shadowy. 2. delicate, fine, thin, frail; gossamer, gossamery, insubstantial, diaphanous, wispy, misty. 3. heavenly, celestial, unearthly, otherworldly; Elysian … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
