REEDIEST

REEDY

reedy, reedlike

(adjective) resembling a reed in being upright and slender

reedy, wheezy

(adjective) having a tone of a reed instrument

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

reediest

superlative form of reedy: most reedy

Source: Wiktionary


REEDY

Reed"y (-), a.

1. Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds. "A reedy pool." Thomson .

2. Having the quality of reed in tone, that is,

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

24 September 2024

PROSODIC

(adjective) of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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