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From woods + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives), to distinguish the word from woody (“made of wood, or having wood-like properties, etc.”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Of, relating to, or suggestive of a wooded area. Full definition →
From woods + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives), to distinguish the word from woody (“made of wood, or having wood-like properties, etc.”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.