snowy A1 Topic:Weather & Climate US /ˈsnoʊi/ UK /ˈsnəʊi/ See IPA manual Freq #14949 Meanings 1 adj Covered with snow, or with a lot of snow falling. We drove carefully along the snowy mountain roads. 2 adj Pure white, like snow. The old man had a snowy white beard. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · covered with snow, or with... snow-coveredsnow-clad 2 adj · pure white, like snow. snow-white Word family Forms snowiersnowiest Derived forms snowilysnowinesssnowyishunsnowy Etymology AI details From Middle English snowy, snawy, from Old English snāwiġ. By surface analysis, snow + -y. snowy Middle English snāwiġ Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Weather & Climate External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # snowy **Type:** Word **Level:** A1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈsnoʊi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsnəʊi/ **Frequency rank:** 14949 ## Meanings 1. Covered with snow, or with a lot of snow falling. 2. Pure white, like snow. ## Examples - We drove carefully along the snowy mountain roads. - The old man had a snowy white beard. ## Derived Forms - snowily - snowiness - snowyish - unsnowy ## Roots and Affixes - Root: snowy - Root: snāwiġ ## Etymology From Middle English snowy, snawy, from Old English snāwiġ. By surface analysis, snow + -y. ## AI Etymology Snowy is from Middle English snowy, snawy, from Old English snāwiġ. By surface analysis, snow + -y. Important forms in the word's history include Middle English snowy, Old English snāwiġ. In current use it includes senses such as Covered with snow, or with a lot of snow falling and Pure white, like snow. ## Topics - Weather & Climate markdown