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Foamy

//ˈfəʊmi// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Full of foam.

    "He jumped overboard into the foamy waters of the Atlantic Ocean."

Adjective
  1. 1
    producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease wordnet
  2. 2
    emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of foamie. alt-of, alternative

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English fomy, from Old English fāmiġ, fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimag, *faimīg, equivalent to foam + -y.

Etymology 2

From Middle English fomy, from Old English fāmiġ, fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimag, *faimīg, equivalent to foam + -y.

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