foamy
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊmi/ / /ˈfoʊmi/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English fomy, from Old English fāmiġ, fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimag, *faimīg, equivalent to foam + -y.
- Full of foam.
“He jumped overboard into the foamy waters of the Atlantic Ocean.”
“Tlepolemus, the sun of Hercules, / Led nine swift vessels through the foamy seas”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English fomy, from Old English fāmiġ, fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimag, *faimīg, equivalent to foam + -y.
- Alternative spelling of foamie.