Etymology

thready

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Today it means: Of, resembling, or capable of forming a thread; filamentous. Full definition →

Middle English *thredi
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  1. Middle English · inherited from*thredi
  2. English todaythready

From Middle English *thredi, *thredy (suggested by derivative Middle English thredines, þredinez (“fibrousness, stringiness”, literally “threadiness”)), equivalent to thread + -y.

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