scaly
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English scali, skaly. By surface analysis, scale + -y.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈskeɪli/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪli
Adjective
editscaly (comparative scalier, superlative scaliest)
- Covered or abounding with scales.
- Synonyms: squamulose; see also Thesaurus:scaly
- Antonyms: scaleless, esquamulose
- a scaly fish a scaly stem
- Composed of scales lying over each other.
- a scaly bulb
- Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
- (dated, vulgar or South Africa) low, mean.
- a scaly fellow
- 1923, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter II, in Leave It to Psmith:
- This done, he removed the hat; and having touched his forehead lightly with a silk handkerchief, for the afternoon sun was warm, gazed about him with a grave distaste. “A scaly neighbourhood!” he murmured. The young man’s judgment was one at which few people with an eye for beauty would have cavilled.
Synonyms
editAntonyms
edit- (rare) unscaly
Derived terms
editTranslations
editcovered or abounding with scales
|
resembling scales, laminae, or layers
|
Noun
editscaly (plural scalies)
References
edit- Scaly yellowfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Labeobarbus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Labeobarbus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms suffixed with -y
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/eɪli
- Rhymes:English/eɪli/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English terms with usage examples
- English dated terms
- English vulgarities
- South African English
- English terms with quotations
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Cyprinids