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floaty, a.|ˈfləʊtɪ|
Also 4, 7 flotie.
[f. float n. or v. + -y1.]
†1. Watery. Obs.
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 127 Þe fyrre I folȝed þose floty valez.
2. Fitted to float, capable of floating, buoyant; hence, of a ship: Drawing little water.
a1608Sir F. Vere Comm. 28 Mine was a floaty ship and well appointed for that service. 1624Capt. Smith Virginia (1629) 194 Some few buttes of beare being flotie they got. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. §170 To render them very floaty and lively in a rough hollow sea. 1862Temple Bar Mag. IV. 351 The floaty air-cases rising on the other [side], the boat recovers her proper position.
Hence ˈfloatiness, the quality or state of being floaty; buoyant emptiness.
1839–44Tupper Proverb. Philos. (1852) 478 The foolish floatiness of vanity, and solemn trumperies of pride. |