floaty

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfləʊti/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfloʊti/, [-ɾi] Rhymes: -əʊti === Etymology 1 === From float (noun or verb) +‎ -y (suffix meaning ‘inclined to’ forming adjectives). Compare Middle English floti, floty (“of a place: well supplied with water”). ==== Adjective ==== floaty (comparative floatier, superlative floatiest) Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant. (nautical, archaic) Of a ship: having a shallow draft (the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull), and thus drawing less (that is, floating higher in) water. (figurative) Of music: light and relaxing. Of an object: light and flimsy or soft; specifically, of a dress: lightweight, so as to rise away from the body when the wearer is moving. Synonym: gossamer Of a person: feeling calm, dreamy, happy, etc., as if floating in the air. Of speech or writing: overly complicated or elaborate; flowery, grandiloquent. ===== Derived terms ===== floatily floatiness over-floaty (obsolete) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From float (noun) +‎ -y (suffix forming diminutive nouns). ==== Noun ==== floaty (plural floaties) (informal) A particle of food, etc., found floating in liquid. (chiefly US) A lilo (inflatable air mattress) or similar object that floats on water and can be lain or sat on. (swimming, chiefly in the plural) Synonym of armband (“one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim”). Synonyms: armfloat, water wing ===== Alternative forms ===== floatie ===== Coordinate terms ===== floater ===== Translations ===== === References ===