WAVY

crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavy, wavelike

(adjective) uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves

wavy

(adjective) (of hair) having waves; “she had long wavy hair”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

wavy (comparative wavier, superlative waviest)

rising or swelling in waves.

Full of waves.

Moving to and fro; undulating.

Having wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved.

(botany, of a margin) Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.

(heraldry) Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines.

(slang) drunk

Etymology 2

See wavey.

Noun

wavy (plural wavies)

(possibly dated) Alternative form of wavey (goose).

Source: Wiktionary


Wav"y, a.

1. Rising or swelling in waves; full of waves. "The wavy seas." Chapman.

2. Playing to and fro; undulating; as, wavy flames. Let her glad valleys smile with wavy corn. Prior.

3. (Bot.)

Definition: Undulating on the border or surface; waved.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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