cloudy

English Online Dictionary. What means cloudy‎? What does cloudy mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English clūdiġ (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklaʊdi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɫaʊdi/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈklaʊːdɪ/
• Rhymes: -aʊdi

Adjective

cloudy (comparative cloudier, superlative cloudiest)

1. Covered with or characterised by clouds; overcast.

   Synonym: clouded

   Antonyms: cloudless, noncloudy, unclouded, uncloudy

2. Not transparent or clear.
   1. (of fruit juice) Containing pith
3. Uncertain; unclear.
4. (computing, informal) Using or relating to cloud computing.

5. (slang, archaic) shady; sketchy; suspicious
6. Having cloudlike markings.

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Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cloudi, clowdy, clowdie
• (Early Middle English) cludiȝ

Etymology

From Old English clūdiġ; equivalent to cloud +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkluːdiː/

Adjective

cloudy

1. Covered with or characterised by clouds; clouded.
2. Not transparent or clear; murky, gloomy.
3. (rare) Inspiring dread; scary, frightening.
4. (rare) Featuring rocks; rocky, stony.

Related terms

• cloudy

Descendants

• English: cloudy
• Scots: cluddy, cloody

References

• “clǒudī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.