ASHY

ashy, ash-gray, ash-grey

(adjective) of a light grey

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

ashy (comparative ashier, superlative ashiest)

Having the color of ashes.

(African American Vernacular English) Having dry or dead skin (therefore discolored).

Anagrams

• Hays, SYHA, Shay, hays, shay, yahs

Source: Wiktionary


Ash"y, a.

1. Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes.

2. Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale. Shak. Ashy pale, pale as ashes. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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