woolen
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woolen¹
- /ˈwʊlən/
Rhymes with -ʊlən
Where it comes from
From Middle English wollen, wullen, from Old English wyllen, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (“woollen”), equivalent to wool + -en. Cognate with Scots wollin, wolne, wowne (“woollen”), Dutch wollen (“woollen”), German wollen (“woollen”), Danish uldne (“woollen”), Norwegian Bokmål ullen (“fuzzy; woolen”).
adjective woollen
- Made of wool. In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this
- Of or relating to wool or woolen cloths. woolen manufactures
noun woolens · woollen
- An item of clothing made from wool. Put all the woolens in this basket.
Woolen²
proper noun Woolens
- A surname.
Translations
Talk about this word "woolen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/woolen. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. woolen. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/woolen "woolen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/woolen.Cite this
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title = {woolen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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