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Word entry · 5 letters

milky

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"Cloudy white"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɪlki/Part of speech adjectiveSorted iklmyStarts with MEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1M2I3L4K5Y

Definitions

  1. resembling milk in color; not clear

Word origin

From Middle English mylky, melky, equivalent to milk + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian moalkig (“milky”), West Frisian molkich (“milky”), Dutch melkig (“milky”), German Low German melkig (“milky”), German milchig (“milky”), Danish mælkig (“milky”), Swedish mjölkig (“milky”), Icelandic mjólkugur (“milky”). Doublet of milchig.

Used in a sentence

  • his sword, Which was declining on the milky head Of reverend Priam, seem'd i' the air to stick:
  • The Pails high-foaming with a milky Flood,
  • […] the kind, slightly milky odour of cattle […]

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