woody
see also: Woody
Pronunciation Etymology 1

From Middle English woodi, wody, wodi, equivalent to .

Adjective

woody (comparative woodier, superlative woodiest)

  1. Covered in woods; wooded.
    • a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC ↗:
      She […] liv'd in a Cottage, far retir'd / Among the Windings of a woody Vale […] .
  2. (obsolete) Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC ↗:
      with the wooddie Nymphes when she did play, / Or when the flying Libbard she did chace, / She could them nimbly moue, and after fly apace.
  3. Made of wood, or having wood-like properties.
  4. (botany) Non-herbaceous.
    Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.
  5. (botany) Lignified.
    the woody parts of a plant
Translations Translations Translations Etymology 2

From wood + -y.

Noun

woody (plural woodies)

  1. Alternative form of woodie.
  2. (climbing, slang) A compact wooden climbing wall used for board climbing.
  3. (vulgar, slang) An erect penis.

Woody
Pronunciation Proper noun
  1. A male given name



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