Etymology

woosy

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Today it means: oozy; wet Full definition →

Middle English *wosy
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  1. Middle English · inherited from*wosy
  2. English todaywoosy

From Middle English *wosy, equivalent to ooze + -y. Cognate with Old Frisian wasie (“miry”). More at ooze.

Words from the same roots

Middle English*wosy all →

woozy

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.