FOAMY
What does "FOAMY" mean?
Covered with or full of foam; frothy.
Meanings
- Forming, full of, or resembling a mass of small bubbles. The barista poured a foamy cappuccino with a leaf on top.
Word origin
From Old English 'fam' (foam), related to Latin 'spuma' and Sanskrit 'phena', plus the adjective suffix '-y'.
Remember it
FOAMY = FOAM + Y; the Y is the little bubble riding on top of the foam.
A little poem
Foamy lip of surf-
it writes one white line of lace,
the sand drinks it gone.
haiku
Wordplay
- My latte and my bath have a lot in common: both are foamy, and both leave me broke.
What it teaches
Foam looks substantial but is mostly air; weigh things by what stays when the bubbles pop.
Quick facts
What does FOAMY mean?
Covered with or full of foam; frothy.
Is FOAMY a valid word?
Yes — FOAMY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FOAMY?
FOAMY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does FOAMY come from?
From Old English 'fam' (foam), related to Latin 'spuma' and Sanskrit 'phena', plus the adjective suffix '-y'.
What can FOAMY teach us?
Foam looks substantial but is mostly air; weigh things by what stays when the bubbles pop.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.