Meaning

4 senses

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)Moist; damp; clammy

  2. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)Juicy; mellow

  3. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)Watery

  4. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)Pliant; soft

Origin

From an unattested English dialectal word *weak (“moist; moisture”) + -y. Compare voky, wo

From an unattested English dialectal word *weak (“moist; moisture”) + -y. Compare voky, woky.

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Forms

weakier, weakiest
Comparativeweakier Lesson
Superlativeweakiest Lesson

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedweakiness

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
weaklingweaklyB2weaknessB1wealwealthA2wealthyB2
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