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Meaning of "wreathy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WREATHY

wreathy  [ˈriːθɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WREATHY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wreathy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WREATHY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of wreathy in the English dictionary

The first definition of wreathy in the dictionary is having the twisted, twined form of a wreath. Other definition of wreathy is adorned with a wreath. Wreathy is also forming or made up of a wreath.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WREATHY


couthie
ˈkuːθɪ
couthy
ˈkuːθɪ
earthy
ˈɜːθɪ
heathy
ˈhiːθɪ
lathy
ˈlɑːθɪ
Lethe
ˈliːθɪ
McCarthy
məˈkɑːθɪ
sheathy
ˈʃiːθɪ
swathy
ˈswɔːθɪ
toothy
ˈtuːθɪ
truthy
ˈtruːθɪ
unseaworthy
ʌnˈsiːwɜːθɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WREATHY

wreak
wreaker
wreakful
wreakless
wreath
wreathe
wreathen
wreather
wreathless
wreathlike
wreck
wreckage
wrecked
wrecker
wreckfish
wreckful
wrecking
wrecking ball
wrecking bar
wrecking crane

WORDS THAT END LIKE WREATHY

allelopathy
allopathy
apathy
breathy
cardiomyopathy
empathy
encephalopathy
enteropathy
homeopathy
homoeopathy
lymphadenopathy
myelopathy
naturopathy
nephropathy
neuropathy
osteopathy
retinopathy
sympathy
tea and sympathy
telepathy

Synonyms and antonyms of wreathy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wreathy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WREATHY

Find out the translation of wreathy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wreathy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wreathy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

wreathy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

wreathy
570 millions of speakers

English

wreathy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

wreathy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

wreathy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

wreathy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

wreathy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

wreathy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

wreathy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wreathy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wreathy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

wreathy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

wreathy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wreathy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

wreathy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

wreathy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुष्पहार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

wreathy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

wreathy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wreathy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

wreathy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

wreathy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

wreathy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wreathy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

wreathy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

wreathy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wreathy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WREATHY»

The term «wreathy» is used very little and occupies the 185.569 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WREATHY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wreathy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wreathy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wreathy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WREATHY»

Discover the use of wreathy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wreathy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Dramatic Works of Mary Russell Mitford
Hail to the sun-kissed, wreathy vine, The bursting grape, the lusty wine, That glows beside the castled Rhine ! The Rhine ! the Rhine ! the Rhine ! No stream so fair that sun shall see, Nor hear such glorious revelry, As when, with dance, and ...
Mary Russell Mitford, 1854
2
The Principal, Historical, and Allusive Arms, Borne by ...
... on a wreath of the colours of the arms, unless it is expressed to be placed on something else. Wreathy. Fess wreathy. See Carmichael Earl of Hyndford. Wyoem. A sictitious animal; a kind of flying dragon, the tail twisted round like a serpent's ...
Philip De la Motte, 1803
3
The London encyclopaedia: or, Universal dictionary of ...
[v. n. \ thing curled or twisted ; a garland: to curl; involve; twist; interweave; encircle ; writhe : to be interwoven or entwined : wreathy is spiral. Two chains of pure gold, of wreathen work, shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829
4
The Poems of Browning: Volume Two: 1841-1846
889. last news: either news of her death, or the latest news of her. 891.] EBB. quoted 'With his forehead chapletted with wreathy hop', and suggested the present reading 'for the two “withs”, & other reasons'. She then quoted 'Jove' if in spirit thy ...
John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, 2014
5
Sydney Beresford: A Tale of the Day ...
in the wreathy mists of twilight — the air so soft, the calm so profound, that the buzz of insects, and the occasional hum from the distant village, and the booming of the waves upon the pebbled beach, alone tokened of living and moving things  ...
Louisa Sidney Stanhope, 1835
6
The Odyssey
Then, where the grove with leaves umbrageous bends j With forceful strength a branch the Hero rends; 1 50 Around his loins the verdant cincture spreads A wreathy foliage and concealing shades. f. 151. Around bis loins the verdant cintlurt ...
Homère, Pope, 1760
7
The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of ...
[v. n. S thing curled or twisted; a garland: to curl; involve; twist; interweave; encircle; writhe: to be interwoven or entwined: wreathy is spiral. Two chains of pure gold, of wreathen work, shaltthou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ...
‎1829
8
Theopompus The Historian
Hellenica], who says that the Egyptians sent some other gifts to Agesilaus when he arrived in Egypt and in particular the “wreathy" papyrus. F 107 Having assembled his [Agesilaus'] mercenaries with the money that Tachos had sent him after ...
Gordon S. Shrimpton, 1991
9
Encyclopaedia metropolitana: or Universal dictionary of ...
Some [horns] are wreathed, some not : that famous one which is preserved at St. Dennis near Paris, hath wreathy spires, and chocleary turnings about it, which agreeth with the description of the unicorn's horn in j951ian. Sir Thomat Brown.
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
10
Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, ...
That which is preserved at St. Dennis, near Paris, hath wreathy spires, and cochleary turnings about, which agreeth with the description of an unicorn's horn in Julian. Brown.— Covered with a wreath. Less mild the Bacchanalian dames appear ...
‎1829

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WREATHY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wreathy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
La otra Jamaica de Fred Perry.
... la bisnieta de Freud (Sigmund Freud), ha sido la responsable creativa de este conjunto de prendas, incluidas dentro de la línea “Laurel Wreathy” de la marca. «loff.it, Sep 14»
2
Fiction Addiction: 'The Beauty of Humanity Movement' review
So, on the urging of Wreathy, one of our Fiction Addiction readers, I'm off to the library to reserve Gibb's previous novel, Sweetness in the Belly. Can't wait. «New Zealand Herald, Jun 11»
3
Terminal 2 opens for business amid ongoing Ryanair criticism
... project with CEO Michael O'Leary attempting to hijack the official opening ceremony by dressing up as an undertaker and delivering a coffin and a wreathy. «Businessandleadership.com, Nov 10»

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