foamy

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
13
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈfəʊmi/
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/ˈfəʊmi/ · /ˈfoʊmi/

Definition of foamy

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Full of foam.
    “He jumped overboard into the foamy waters of the Atlantic Ocean.”
    “Tlepolemus, the sun of Hercules, / Led nine swift vessels through the foamy seas”
    “For busy thoughts the Stream flowed on / In foamy agitation”
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adj

  1. Full of foam.
    “He jumped overboard into the foamy waters of the Atlantic Ocean.”
    “Tlepolemus, the sun of Hercules, / Led nine swift vessels through the foamy seas”
    “For busy thoughts the Stream flowed on / In foamy agitation”

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of foamie.

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Etymology

From Middle English fomy, from Old English fāmiġ, fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimag, *faimīg, equivalent to foam + -y.

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