woolly

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Inglese

Aggettivo

woolly (comparativo woollier, superlativo woolliest)

  1. di lana, fatto di lana
  2. lanoso, di aspetto simile alla lana
  3. (botanica) lanuginoso, coperto di lanugine
  4. (senso figurato) ingarbugliato, poco chiaro, confuso, nebuloso

Sostantivo

woolly sing (pl.: woollies)

  1. (familiare) maglione o maglia di lana
    • she put on a red woolly - si mise un maglione rosso

Pronuncia

Etimologia / Derivazione

da wool, "lana"; presente già nel medio inglese come wolly

Varianti

  • wooly (più raro, utilizzato principalmente in inglese americano)

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