DOWNY
What does "DOWNY" mean?
Covered with or resembling soft fine feathers or hair; soft and fluffy.
Meanings
- Covered with down - the soft fine feathers of a young bird - or with similarly soft fuzz. The newly hatched chick was a ball of downy yellow.
- Soft, fluffy, and gentle to the touch, like down. A downy blanket lay folded at the foot of the bed.
Did you know?
- The downy woodpecker, North America's smallest woodpecker, gets its name from the soft, down-like white feathers running along its lower back.
Word origin
From 'down' ('soft fine feathers'), borrowed from Old Norse 'dúnn' ('down feathers'), plus the adjective suffix '-y'.
Remember it
DOWNY = 'down' + y - picture the soft DOWN of a duckling and the word is already in your hand.
A little poem
First feathers, barely
feathers - a warmth you could lose
in the palm of a breath.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the duckling refuse to argue? It was far too downy to want any feathers ruffled.
What it teaches
The softest covering is often what keeps the smallest, newest things alive through the cold.
Quick facts
What does DOWNY mean?
Covered with or resembling soft fine feathers or hair; soft and fluffy.
Is DOWNY a valid word?
Yes — DOWNY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DOWNY?
DOWNY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does DOWNY come from?
From 'down' ('soft fine feathers'), borrowed from Old Norse 'dúnn' ('down feathers'), plus the adjective suffix '-y'.
What can DOWNY teach us?
The softest covering is often what keeps the smallest, newest things alive through the cold.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.