smouldry

English

Etymology

From smoulder +‎ -y.

Adjective

smouldry (comparative more smouldry, superlative most smouldry)

1. smouldering
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     A flaming fire ymixt with smouldry smoke

References

• “smouldry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.