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語源 1

From wave +‎ -y.

別の表記

• wavey (uncommon)

形容詞

wavy (comparative wavier, superlative waviest)

1. Rising or swelling in waves.

   wavy seas

2. Full of waves.

   wavy swimming pool

3. Moving to and fro; undulating.

   Synonym: wiggly

   wavy bridge

4. Having wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved.

   wavy hair

   • 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

     One of the half-pay men brought me a nasty wavy dagger that had been picked up in the road. 'One of your Indian curiosities, I suppose, Dr Tulloch?' he remarked.

5. (botany, of a margin) Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.
6. (heraldry) Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines, especially to symbolize a river.
   • 1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland: Forming an Extensive Ordinary of British Armorials; Upon an Entirely New Plan ..., page 708:

     Per pale erm. and az. a fess wavy gu.

   • 1893, James Balfour Paul, An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, page 105:

     Parted per fess wavy gu. and arg.; over all a lion passant sa. pierced with a dagger ppr., hafted and pommelled of the second, the haft appearing between the shoulders and the point under the belly, tending towards the hind legs […]

   • 1957 February, “B.T.C. Armorial Bearings”, in Railway Magazine, page 81:

     On the fesse are two bars wavy azure for waterways.

7. (slang) Drunk.
8. (slang, African-American Vernacular) Cool and fashionable.
   • 2016, “Wavy”, Tyrone Griffin, Jr., Joseph Allen, Dijon McFarlane (music), performed by Ty Dolla Sign:

     Wavy like Beyoncé on a surfboard

派生語

語源 2

See wavey.

名詞

wavy (plural wavies)

1. (possibly dated) Alternative form of wavey (goose).
   • 1862, The Zoologist: a popular miscellany of natural history, volume 20, page 7835:

     According to Indian report, a great breeding-ground for the blue wavy is the country lying in the interior of the north-east point of Labrador, Cape Dudley Digges.

   • 1888, Journals of the Senate of Canada, volume 22, Appendix 1, page 237:

     The blue and white wavies breed in the barren grounds and feed chiefly on berries.