wambly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
6

Definition of wambly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (dialectal)Shaky, unsteady, dizzy, queasy, nauseous.
    “"[…]Come ben the house to a bit whisky. Ye're fair wambly wi' the fright o't.” I went shaking into the house with him,[…].”
    “She needs explaining, Markham—and a dashed lot of it.—And Rex, with his projecting parietals and his wambly body and his periodic fits.”
    “1989, Down East, The Magazine of Maine, Volume 35, Issues 6-11, page 8, The food is as good as people deserve who are willing to eat in such restaurants. Their menus are designed not to offend even the most wambly of tourists.”

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Etymology

From wamble + -y.

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