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webby

adj

Etymology

Using the suffix -y.

  1. derived from *webʰ-✻ — “to braid, weave”
  2. inherited from *webaną✻ — “to weave”
  3. inherited from *wabją✻ — “web”
  4. inherited from *wabi✻
  5. inherited from webb
  6. inherited from web
  7. suffixed as webby — “web + y”

Definitions

  1. Consisting of, resembling, or having webs or a web.

  2. Characteristic of the World Wide Web.

    • Having a centralized package manager is not very webby, to use Dahl's words. The fact that millions of applications depend on a single registry to survive is a liability.

  3. A nickname of the surname Webb or Webster.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A diminutive of the male given name Webster.

    2. Ellipsis of Webby Award.

      • The Oscars may want to copy one welcome aspect of the Webbys: winners' acceptance speeches are limited to five words.

The neighborhood

Derived

spider-webby

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for webby. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA