papery

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros)bor.

Latin papȳrusslbor.

Old Catalan paperbor.

Anglo-Norman paperbor.

Middle English paper

English paper

English -y

English papery

From paper + -y.

Adjective

papery (comparative more papery, superlative most papery)

1. Of, similar to, or related to paper.

Synonyms

• papyraceous; papyral, papyrian, papyrine (obs.)

Hyponyms

• paperlike, paperish, paper-thin (similar to paper)

Derived terms

• paperily
• paperiness

Translations

being like paper

• Arabic: ورقي m, ورقية f
• Finnish: paperimainen, paperinohut
• Italian: cartaceo (it)
• Latin: papyraceus, chartarius

Anagrams

• prepay, yapper