lathery
/ˈlæðəɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or covered in lather.
Example Sentences
- "This new shaving cream isn't as lathery as the old stuff: there just aren't as many bubbles to be had."
- "1824, James Atkinson, “Peer Mahommud; The Moralist,” stanza 51, in The City of Palaces, Calcutta: Government Gazette Press, p. 128, Thus rapidly my little tale advances, And now we come to him, who lives to shave! The lathery Knight of Razors, not of lances, And without question more a fool than knave."
- "“Oh, no!” said Bobbie, greatly shocked; “you don’t rub muslin. You put the boiled soap in the hot water and make it all frothy-lathery—and then you shake the muslin and squeeze it, ever so gently, and all the dirt comes out. […]”"
- "They wash their clothes in running streams with lathery weeds—too poor to buy soap."
- "He cleaned up the basin and flushed the lathery, hairy bits of toilet paper down the water closet."
Etymology
Etymology tree English lather Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English lathery From lather + -y.
Inflected Forms
more lathery (comparative)
most lathery (superlative)