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adjectivewreathy (comparative more wreathy, superlative most wreathy)
comparative more wreathy · superlative most wreathy
- obsoletetwisted; curly; spiral.
A wreathy foliage and concealing shade
1725–1726, Homer, “Book 6”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC1 more example
wreathy spires, and cochleary turnings about
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
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