COMFY
What does "COMFY" mean?
Comfortable; giving a pleasant feeling of ease and physical relaxation.
Meanings
- Comfortable and cozy; providing physical ease. She curled up in the comfy old armchair with a book. informal
- Feeling relaxed and untroubled in a situation. I'm not comfy making that decision without him. informal
Word origin
An informal shortening of 'comfortable,' from Old French 'conforter' (to strengthen, console), from Latin 'confortare' (to strengthen greatly).
Remember it
COMFY is COMFORTable with the middle squeezed out - just like sinking into a chair, the long word relaxes into a short one.
A little poem
Old chair, sunken seat -
it remembers every spine
that ever gave up.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is 'comfy' shorter than 'comfortable'? Because it couldn't be bothered to get up for the extra letters.
What it teaches
Comfort makes a generous nest and a poor compass - it rarely points anywhere new.
Quick facts
What does COMFY mean?
Comfortable; giving a pleasant feeling of ease and physical relaxation.
Is COMFY a valid word?
Yes — COMFY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is COMFY?
COMFY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does COMFY come from?
An informal shortening of 'comfortable,' from Old French 'conforter' (to strengthen, console), from Latin 'confortare' (to strengthen greatly).
What can COMFY teach us?
Comfort makes a generous nest and a poor compass - it rarely points anywhere new.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.