spewyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈspjuː(w)i/

形容詞

spewy (comparative more spewy, superlative most spewy)

1. (informal) Feeling like vomiting; nauseous.
2. (obsolescent) Moist; marshy; emitting water.
   • 1886, Journal of horticulture and practical gardening: Volume 12:

     Between two ridges of raised ground and on the falling slope occur spewy springs issuing from the higher ground above, and soaking down the hollow, widening and gathering moisture till the water issues in a small rill at the bottom […]

   • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 78:

     The ground in places is spewy and boggy from the wet.

同意語

• (moist): damp, humid, sodden; see also Thesaurus:wet
• (marshy): boggy, swampy, uliginous; see also Thesaurus:marshy

派生語

アナグラム

• swype, wypes