/ˈwʊdi/
OriginFrom Middle English woodi, wody, wodi, equivalent to wood + -y.
- Covered in woods; wooded.
“She […] liv'd in a Cottage, far retir'd / Among the Windings of a woody Vale […].”
- Consisting of wood; resembling wood in appearance or texture.
- obsoleteBelonging to the woods; sylvan.
“with the wooddie Nymphes when she did play, / Or when the flying Libbard she did chace, / She could them nimbly moue, and after fly apace.”
- Non-herbaceous.
“Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.”
- Lignified.
“the woody parts of a plant”
- slangA compact wooden climbing wall used for board climbing.
“And as climbing has evolved, so have woodies — the Moon Board established a worldwide standard for board climbing in 2016.”
- A diminutive of the male given name Woodrow.
“Woody Allen has provided what is probably the best theological answer to the problem of evil: God is not evil; He is just an underachiever.”
Formswoodier(comparative) · woodiest(superlative) · woodies(plural)