woody
adjectivenouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈwʊdi//
Covered in woods; wooded.
adjective
- 1
Covered in woods; wooded.
She […] liv'd in a Cottage, far retir'd / Among the Windings of a woody Vale […].
- 2
Consisting of wood; resembling wood in appearance or texture.
- 3
obsoleteBelonging to the woods; sylvan.
with the wooddie Nymphes when she did play, / Or when the flying Libbard she did chace, / She could them nimbly moue, and after fly apace.
- 4
Non-herbaceous.
Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.
- 5
Lignified.
the woody parts of a plant
Etymology
From Middle English woodi, wody, wodi, equivalent to wood + -y.
noun
- 1
slangA compact wooden climbing wall used for board climbing.
And as climbing has evolved, so have woodies — the Moon Board established a worldwide standard for board climbing in 2016.
- 2
slangAn erect penis.
- 3
Variant of woodieAlternative form of woodie.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us Proto-Germanic *widuz Proto-West Germanic *widu Old English widu Old English wudu Middle English wode English wood Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English woody From wood + -y (diminutive suffix).
Forms
- plural
- woodies
- comparative
- woodier
- superlative
- woodiest