wreathy

American  

[ree-thee, -thee] / ˈri θi, -ði /

adjective

1. having the shape of a wreath.

   wreathy clouds.

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Etymology

Origin of wreathy

First recorded in 1635–45; wreath + -y ¹

Example Sentences

And his conversation, always accompanied by violent gesticulation, is loaded with rhetorical "Ah!'s," and wreathy superlatives.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beneath him seethed and boiled the tumultuous billows, their wreathy tops torn from them, and shot, in long vanishing sheets of spray, over the distracted wilderness.

From Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 by MacDonald, George

Less wild the Bacchanalian dames appear, When, from afar, their nightly god they hear, And howl about the hills, and shake the wreathy spear.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

Art and literature, and wisdom and wit, adorning with a wreathy and garlandy splendour all that is noblest in mind and purest in heart!

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 399, Supplementary Number by Various

Then, where the grove with leaves umbrageous bends, With forceful strength a branch the hero rends; Around his loins the verdant cincture spreads A wreathy foliage and concealing shades.

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander