wispier

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• wispier — wisp ► NOUN 1) a small thin bunch, strand, or amount of something. 2) a small thin person. DERIVATIVES wispy adjective (wispier, wispiest) . ORIGIN origin uncertain …   English terms dictionary

• wispier — wisp·y || wɪspɪ adj. slender, light; small; resembling or consisting of thin threads …   English contemporary dictionary

• shag — shag1 shaglike, adj. /shag/, n., v., shagged, shagging. n. 1. rough, matted hair, wool, or the like. 2. a mass of this. 3. a hairdo in which hair is cut in slightly uneven, overlapping layers downward from the crown, sometimes with the hair at… …   Universalium

• wispy — wispily, adv. wispiness, n. /wis pee/, adj., wispier, wispiest. being a wisp or in wisps; wisplike: a wispy plant. Also, wispish. [1710 20; WISP + Y1] * * * …   Universalium

• Fashion and Dress — ▪ 1995       Glamour became the style catchword of 1994 and summarized a look of being dressed up and made up. The new sophistication put an end to dressing down, the look popularized in 1993 by grunge and the style known as deconstruction, which …   Universalium

• wisp — UK [wɪsp] / US noun [countable] Word forms wisp : singular wisp plural wisps 1) something that has a long, thin, delicate shape, for example a cloud, smoke, or hair wisp of: A wisp of smoke curled across the sky. 2) an idea, feeling, or sound… …   English dictionary

• wispy — /ˈwɪspi/ (say wispee) adjective (wispier, wispiest) being a wisp or in wisps; wisp like; thin, weak looking, or pale: a wispy plant. Also, wispish. {wisp + y1} …  

• wisp — ► NOUN 1) a small thin bunch, strand, or amount of something. 2) a small thin person. DERIVATIVES wispy adjective (wispier, wispiest) . ORIGIN origin uncertain …   English terms dictionary

• wispiest — wisp ► NOUN 1) a small thin bunch, strand, or amount of something. 2) a small thin person. DERIVATIVES wispy adjective (wispier, wispiest) . ORIGIN origin uncertain …   English terms dictionary

• wispy — wisp ► NOUN 1) a small thin bunch, strand, or amount of something. 2) a small thin person. DERIVATIVES wispy adjective (wispier, wispiest) . ORIGIN origin uncertain …   English terms dictionary

• wisp — [wisp] n. [ME, prob. < Scand, as in Swed visp, a bundle of rushes or twigs, akin to ON visk: see WHISK] 1. a small bundle or bunch, as of straw 2. a thin, slight, or filmy piece, strand, etc. [a wisp of smoke] 3. something delicate, frail, etc …   English World dictionary