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floatie

noun

Etymology

From float + -ie.

  1. derived from *plewd-✻
  2. inherited from *flutōną✻ — “to float”
  3. inherited from *flotōn✻
  4. inherited from flotian — “to float”
  5. inherited from floten
  6. suffixed as floatie — “float + ie”

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of floaty (“object that floats on water and can be lain or sat on

    Alternative spelling of floaty (“object that floats on water and can be lain or sat on; one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands to help the wearer float in water and learn to swim”).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for floatie. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA