downy

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdaʊni/
  • Rhymes: -aʊni
  • Homophone: Downie

Etymology 1

From down +‎ -y.

Adjective

downy (comparative downier, superlative downiest)

  1. Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.
    The chick's downy coat of feathers formed almost immediately to keep it warm.
  2. Sharp-witted, perceptive.
    • 1947, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, Speech in UK House of Commons, 10th November 1947:
      The right hon. Gentleman has much more claim to the adjective downy than I have, but he really cannot catch me with that one.
Translations

Etymology 2

From the noun.

Noun

downy (plural downies)

  1. A blanket filled with down; a duvet.
    • 2013, Dorothy M. Jensen, The Little Girl From 311 Travis Street, page 246:
      Went to bed with 2 downies on the bed, but the heat finally kicked in and ended with one cover and my feet sticking out.
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