English

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Etymology

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From Middle English snowy, snawy, from Old English snāwiġ, equivalent to snow +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /snəʊi/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

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snowy (comparative snowier, superlative snowiest)

  1. Marked by snow, characterized by snow.
    snowy day
  2. Covered with snow, snow-covered, besnowed.
    snowy hillside
    • 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752:
      So we continue climbing to the saddle of the Kleine Scheidegg, where ahead there comes into view the wide expanse of the Grindelwald valley, backed by the snowy crown of the Wetterhorn.
  3. Snow-white in color, white as snow.
    Synonym: niveous
    • 1873, Grace Ramsay, A Salon in the Last Days of the Empire, and Other Sketches[1], London: Richard Bentley and Son, page 4:
      A man got up in all the outward trappings of a gentleman: an extensive display of snowy linen, unimpeachable tailoring, ganté, botté, in perfection; nothing overdone.

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Noun

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snowy (plural snowies)

  1. (informal) Synonym of snowy owl
    • 2010, Elaine Landau, Snowy Owls: Hunters of the Snow and Ice:
      Adult male snowies are nearly white. They become whiter as they get older. Female birds are usually white with narrow black or brown bars and spots. Young snowies are darker than the adults, and they have heavier markings.

Further reading

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  • snowy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English snāwiġ; equivalent to snow +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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snowy

  1. snowy (resembling snow in temperature or colour)

Descendants

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  • English: snowy
  • Scots: snawy

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Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish snowy. By surface analysis, sen +‎ -owy.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsnɔ.vɘ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔvɘ
  • Syllabification: sno‧wy

Adjective

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snowy (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (rare, relational) dream; oneiric (of or pertaining to dreams)
    Synonym: (archaic) senny

Declension

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Further reading

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  • snowy in Polish dictionaries at PWN