cloudy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English clūdiġ (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud + -y.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈklaʊdi/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɫaʊdi/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈklaʊːdɪ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aʊdi
Adjective[edit]
cloudy (comparative cloudier, superlative cloudiest)
- Covered with or characterised by clouds; overcast.
- Not transparent or clear.
- 2002, “Best Inventions of 2002”, in Time[1]:
- […] aerogel resembles smoke that has been frozen into place — it's cloudy, translucent and virtually weightless.
- (of fruit juice) Containing pith
- Uncertain; unclear.
- (computing, informal) Using or relating to cloud computing.
- a cloudy infrastructure
- (slang, archaic) shady; sketchy; suspicious
- Having cloudlike markings.
- cloudy marble
Derived terms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
covered with or characterised by clouds
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not transparent; not clear
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uncertain; unclear
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English clūdiġ; equivalent to cloud + -y.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cloudy
- Covered with or characterised by clouds; clouded.
- Not transparent or clear; murky, gloomy.
- (rare) Inspiring dread; scary, frightening.
- (rare) Featuring rocks; rocky, stony.
Related terms[edit]
- cloudy
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “clǒudī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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