fringyadj.
/ˈfrɪn(d)ʒi/, U.S. /ˈfrɪndʒi/ 1. Of the nature of or resembling a fringe.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [adjective] > resembling a fringe
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c1750 W. Shenstone Elegies xxi. 10 My devious path I bend, Through fringy woodland, or smooth-shaven lawn.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 418 The fringy termination of the Fallopian tubes.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxv. 321 A fimbriated or fringy series of purple cirri.
1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad ix. 88 The gracefullest little fringy films of lace.
2. Furnished or adorned with a fringe or fringes; covered with fringes.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [adjective] > bordering or edging > fringe
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fringy1831
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [adjective] > having an edge or border > of specific kind > specific
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hard-edged1589
feathery1792
brown-edged1830
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vallate1878
thick-rimmed1976
1831 T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle xiv. 228 All that surrounded their [eyes'] fringy portals was radiant as ‘the forehead of the morning sky’.
1852 Meanderings of Memory I. 206 Fluttering as the mantle's fringy rim.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvii. v. 560 Green, shaggy or fringy mountains looking down on it to rearward.
1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. vi. 203 Any sort of people in conical hats and fringy caps.
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