"dewy" meaning in Middle English

See dewy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɛu̯.iː/
Etymology: From Old English dēawiġ, from Old English dēaw. Equivalent to dew + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|dēawiġ}} Old English dēawiġ, {{inh|enm|ang|dēaw}} Old English dēaw, {{suf|enm|dew|-y}} dew + -y Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} dewy, {{enm-adj}} dewy
  1. Resembling dew; dewy Categories (topical): Liquids
    Sense id: en-dewy-enm-adj-T~YncG3M Disambiguation of Liquids: 85 15
  2. Resembling water.
    Sense id: en-dewy-enm-adj-DmGjqVyl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: deuhy

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "dewy"
          },
          "expansion": "English: dewy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: dewy"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "dēawiġ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English dēawiġ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "dēaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English dēaw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "dew",
        "3": "-y"
      },
      "expansion": "dew + -y",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English dēawiġ, from Old English dēaw. Equivalent to dew + -y.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{1}}}",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{3}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "dewy",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dewy",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Liquids",
          "orig": "enm:Liquids",
          "parents": [
            "Matter",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Resembling dew; dewy"
      ],
      "id": "en-dewy-enm-adj-T~YncG3M",
      "links": [
        [
          "dewy",
          "dewy#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Resembling water."
      ],
      "id": "en-dewy-enm-adj-DmGjqVyl"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛu̯.iː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "deuhy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dewy"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English adjectives",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -y",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Liquids"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "dewy"
          },
          "expansion": "English: dewy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: dewy"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "dēawiġ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English dēawiġ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "dēaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English dēaw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "dew",
        "3": "-y"
      },
      "expansion": "dew + -y",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English dēawiġ, from Old English dēaw. Equivalent to dew + -y.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{1}}}",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{3}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "dewy",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dewy",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Resembling dew; dewy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dewy",
          "dewy#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Resembling water."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛu̯.iː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "deuhy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dewy"
}

Download raw JSONL data for dewy meaning in Middle English (1.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (f90d964 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.