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thready

rare

adjective

1.

forming viscous or glutinous threads

Synonyms
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Origin

From Middle English *thredi, *thredy (suggested by derivative Middle English thredines, þredinez (“fibrousness, stringiness”, literally “threadiness”)), equivalent to thread + -y.

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