wintry

== English == === Alternative forms === wintery (nonstandard) === Etymology === From winter +‎ -y; compare Old English wintriġ (a parallel formation). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɪnt(ə)ɹɪ/ (General American) enPR: ʹwĭnt(ə-)rē, IPA(key): /ˈwɪnt(ə)ɹi/, [ˈwɪɾ̃(ə)ɹi] Rhymes: -ɪntɹi Hyphenation: win‧try === Adjective === wintry (comparative wintrier, superlative wintriest) Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy. Synonyms: brumal, hibernal, hiemal wintry weather (of precipitation) Containing sleet or snow. Synonyms: sleety, snowy Aged, white-haired. Synonyms: grisly, hoary; see also Thesaurus:old, Thesaurus:elderly Chilling, cheerless. Synonyms: bleak, dreary; see also Thesaurus:cheerless a wintry remark ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “wintry”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “wintry” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.