floaty
/ˈfloʊti/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of an object: light and flimsy or soft; specifically, of a dress: lightweight, so as to rise away from the body when the wearer is moving.
adj
Of speech or writing: overly complicated or elaborate; flowery, grandiloquent.
noun
A lilo (inflatable air mattress) or similar object that floats on water and can be lain or sat on.
American usage; Informal
Example Sentences
- "[S]ome fevv buttes of beare being flotie they got, vvhich though it had lien ſix moneths vnder vvater vvas very good, […]"
- "The Oxonians, too, though, judging by avoirdupois, they were big enough for the floatiest outrigger, preferred the old friend in which they had won the 'Varsity in 1878 and 'suffered' last year."
- "There was no going back to being Mommy Belle, […] the woman who made the "floatiest" matzoh balls on the face of the earth."
- "[Roger] Federer slices it right back down the same line, slow and floaty with backspin, making [Rafael] Nadal return to the same spot. Nadal slices the ball right back—three shots now all down the same line—and Federer slices the ball to the same spot yet again, this one even slower and floatier, […]"
- "If you're more into powder, try the Monster 82 [a type of ski]; it's a bit floatier and more stable."
- "I then told my Lord of Eſſex that mine vvas a floaty ſhip and vvell appointed for that ſervice; […]"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfloʊti/
- British English: /ˈfləʊti/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
over-floaty