blowy
/ˈbloʊi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.65 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Susceptible to drifting. (of soil)
noun
Example Sentences
- "1789, John O’Keeffe, Modern Antiques; or, The Merry Mourners, Act II, Scene 3, in The Dramatic Works of John O’Keeffe, London, 1798, Volume I, p. 351, All my doors open! this blowy night! reminds me of the Lisbon earthquake; but my storm-cap has protected me."
- "[…] one blowy July afternoon, as they were going up for a potato-roast, they saw somebody moving among the trees."
- "… This ship is nice, with our heels hitting the deck together. This is the blowy corner and each time we turn it I slant forward against the wind and pull my coat together without losing step with Dick."
- "Why can’t you stay in when the weather is muddy and blowy?"
- "Someone tell me one thing that's good about sand. It gets so hot sometimes you can't even walk on it, it gets into your eyes when it's blowy, it gets stuck to the hairs on my back, it gets up your nose, in your ears and of course, worst of all, it gets up your clacker."
- "2014, Guy Nowell, “RMSIR 2014 — Penang to Langkawi. An espresso race,” sail-world.com, 21 November, 2014, Equally almost traditional is that this is the blowiest leg of the regatta."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *blēaną Proto-West Germanic *blāan Old English blāwan Middle English blowen English blow Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English blowy From blow + -y (adjectival suffix).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbloʊi/
- British English: /ˈbləʊi/