foamy
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foamy
- /ˈfəʊmi/ UK
- /ˈfoʊmi/ US
Rhymes with -əʊmi
Where it comes from
From Middle English fomy, from Old English fāmiġ, fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimag, *faimīg, equivalent to foam + -y.
adjective foamier · foamiest
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Full of foam.
He jumped overboard into the foamy waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Similar: frothy, spumescent
noun foamies
- Alternative spelling of foamie
Translations
Talk about this word "foamy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/foamy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. foamy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/foamy "foamy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/foamy.Cite this
@misc{foamy_2026,
title = {foamy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foamy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
