cloudy
adjCA, US, UK /ˈklaʊ̯diː/ · [ˈklaʊ̯ɾiː]
Etymology From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English clūdiġ (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud + -y.
7 senses
1
Covered with or characterised by clouds.
2
Not transparent or clear.
- […] aerogel resembles smoke that has been frozen into place — it's cloudy, translucent and virtually weightless.2002, “Best Inventions of 2002”, in Time:
3
Of fruit juice Containing pith
4
Uncertain; unclear.
5
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Informal Using or relating to cloud computing.
- a cloudy infrastructure
7
Having cloudlike markings.
- cloudy marble
- Derived terms
- cloudily, cloudiness, cloudywing, cloudy wing virus, noncloudy, uncloudy
- Related terms
- cloud ceiling, cloud cover