woofy

woofy

English

Etymology

woof +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːfi

Adjective

woofy (comparative woofier, superlative woofiest)

1. (archaic) Having a close texture; dense
   • 1826, Joanna Baillie, The Martyr, Act 2:

     ‘Close round us hung, the vapours of the night
     

     Had form'd a woofy curtain, dim and pale,
     

     Through which the waning moon did faintly mark
     

     Its slender crescent.’

2. Prone to woofing
3. Similar in sound to the woof of a dog.

References

• woofy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913