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Resembling or covered in lather.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- This new shaving cream isn't as lathery as the old stuff: there just aren't as many bubbles to be had.
- 1824, James Atkinson, “Peer Mahommud; The Moralist,” stanza 51, in The City of Palaces, Calcutta: Government Gazette Press, p. 128, Thus rapidly my little tale advances, And now we come to him, who lives to shave! The lathery Knight of Razors, not of lances, And without question more a fool than knave.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foamy, frothy
Antonyms: none provided
resembling lather or covered with lather
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sudsy
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree English lather Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English lathery From lather + -y.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
насапунисан
(nasapunisan)
— resembling or covered in lather
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German:
schaumig
— resembling or covered in lather
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German:
schäumend
— resembling or covered in lather
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Swedish:
löddrig
— resembling or covered in lather
