wreathy

English

Etymology

From wreath +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːði/

Adjective

wreathy (comparative more wreathy, superlative most wreathy)

1. Wreathed; twisted; curled; spiral.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     wreathy spires, and cochleary turnings about

   • 1725–1726, Homer, “Book 6”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, and Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:

     A wreathy foliage and concealing shade

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “wreathy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)