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thawy

adj

Etymology

From thaw + -y.

  1. inherited from thawe
  2. inherited from *teh₂-✻ — “to melt; to flow, stream”
  3. inherited from *þawjaną✻ — “to thaw”
  4. inherited from *þauwjan✻ — “to melt, thaw; to digest; to dissolve”
  5. inherited from þāwian
  6. inherited from thawen
  7. suffixed as thawy — “thaw + y”

Definitions

  1. Becoming liquid

    Becoming liquid; thawing; inclined to or tending to thaw.

  2. Conducive to thawing.

    • The N.W., which is the most frequent in winter, is dry, cold, and elastic; the S.E. soft, thawy, and rainy: the wind seldom blows from west or south, more rarely still from the north.
    • A warm and broken December had been succeeded by a still warmer and more thawy January.
    • It has been more thawy to day but there was not much prospect that the weather will be favorable right away.

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