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wispy, a.|ˈwɪspɪ|
[f. wisp n.1 + -y1.]
Consisting of or resembling a wisp or wisps.
In early quots. with allusion to will-o'-the wisp.
a1717Parnell Fairy Tale xxvii, Will, who bears the wispy fire To trail the swains among the mire. 1830Aird Demoniac iii. 31 Miriam saw white wispy fires dance. 1830― Captive of Fez iii. ii. 6 The skirring moon..from her horn-tips tossed the wispy rack. 1839J. Wilson in J. Hamilton Mem. vi. (1859) 208 These [cribs of the Cameleopards] are..filled with a dry wispy-looking plant, neither hay nor clover. 1888F. Cowper Caedwallan 141 A few locks of wispy hair hung down over the forehead. 1894Athenæum 24 Nov. 719 Nebulous matter, which..attaches itself to the..stars and is of a wispy and streaky nature.
Hence ˈwispily adv.
1923A. Huxley Antic Hay 30 His long grey hair floated wispily about his head. 1985M. Wesley Harnessing Peacocks ix. 76 His hair hung wispily round his collar.
Add: ˈwispiness n.
1961Webster 2625/2 Wispiness. 1977Washington Post 30 Oct. f3/6 One long braid down the back of the head with not much concern for controlling all the wispiness in front. 1991Hair Flair Jan. 65/3 We're moving away from wispiness towards more solid lines (but not blunt geometrics). |