"feathery" meaning in English

See feathery in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɛ.ðəɹ.i/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-feathery.wav [US] Forms: featherier [comparative], more feathery [comparative], featheriest [superlative], most feathery [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English feather Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English feathery From feather + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|feather|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English feather Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English feathery [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-g", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-iġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "feathery", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="feathery"> From feather + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|er,more}} feathery (comparative featherier or more feathery, superlative featheriest or most feathery)
  1. Resembling feathers. Translations (resembling feathers): пёрысты (pjórysty) (Belarusian), пе́рест (pérest) (Bulgarian), clúmhach (Irish), piumoso (Italian), fjæret (Norwegian Bokmål), fjærete (Norwegian Bokmål), fjøret (Norwegian Bokmål), fjørete (Norwegian Bokmål), fjørete (Norwegian Nynorsk), pierzasty (Polish), пе́ристый (péristyj) (Russian), пѐрнат [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), pèrnat [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), пери́стий (perýstyj) (Ukrainian), пірча́стий (pirčástyj) (Ukrainian), пір'ї́стий (pirʺjístyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-feathery-en-adj-IO7U2sRS Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 36 32 32 Disambiguation of 'resembling feathers': 87 13
  2. Covered with feathers. Translations (covered with feathers): пярна́ты (pjarnáty) (Belarusian), пёрысты (pjórysty) (Belarusian), перна́т (pernát) (Bulgarian), pernatý (Czech), plumeux (French), gefiedert (German), clúmhach (Irish), piumoso (Italian), fjærkledd (Norwegian Bokmål), fjæret (Norwegian Bokmål), fjærete (Norwegian Bokmål), fjøret (Norwegian Bokmål), fjørete (Norwegian Bokmål), fjørkledd (Norwegian Nynorsk), pierzasty (Polish), перна́тый (pernátyj) (Russian), пѐрнат [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), pèrnat [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), pernatý (Slovak), plumoso (Spanish), перна́тий (pernátyj) (Ukrainian), пір'я́стий (pirʺjástyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-feathery-en-adj-VtvfAyAZ Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 36 32 32 Disambiguation of 'covered with feathers': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: featherily, featheriness, feathery false lily of the valley

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛ.ðəɹ.i/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-feathery.wav [US] Forms: featheries [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English feather Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English feathery From feather + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|feather|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English feather Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English feathery [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-g", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-iġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "feathery", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="feathery"> From feather + -y. Head templates: {{en-noun}} feathery (plural featheries)
  1. (rare, furry fandom) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a bird or bird-like animal character with human characteristics. Tags: rare, slang Synonyms: avian
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Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
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}

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