blowy

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbləʊi/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈbloʊi/ Rhymes: -əʊi Hyphenation: blow‧y === Etymology 1 === From blow +‎ -y (adjectival suffix). ==== Adjective ==== blowy (comparative blowier, superlative blowiest) Windy or breezy. 1789, John O’Keeffe, Modern Antiques; or, The Merry Mourners, Act II, Scene 3, in The Dramatic Works of John O’Keeffe, London, 1798, Volume I, p. 351,[1] All my doors open! this blowy night! reminds me of the Lisbon earthquake; but my storm-cap has protected me. 2014, Guy Nowell, “RMSIR 2014 — Penang to Langkawi. An espresso race,” sail-world.com, 21 November, 2014,[3] Equally almost traditional is that this is the blowiest leg of the regatta. Billowy, blowing or waving in the wind. (of fabric, hair, etc.) Susceptible to drifting. (of soil) 1929, U.S. Department of Agriculture Radio Service, Office of Information, Farm Science Snapshots, 19 October, 1929,[4] And fall plowing except on blowy soils also will be good for the spring sown crops. 1938, Angus Henry McDonald, Erosion and its Control in Oklahoma Territory, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publication No. 301, p. 17,[5] Some farmers, however, quit raising cowpeas on blowy land, because they claimed it aggravated drifting. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From blow +‎ -y (diminutive suffix). ==== Noun ==== blowy (plural blowies) Alternative spelling of blowie.