soaky

English

Etymology

From soak +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊki/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊki/
• Rhymes: -əʊki
• Hyphenation: soak‧y

Adjective

soaky (comparative soakier, superlative soakiest)

1. Soaking wet; sopping; saturated.
   • 1855, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers's Journal, volume 22, page 324:

     There is that same peat and bog, like nothing else but itself — a soaky, black, treacherous, useless mass when wet; when dry, a soil fat, light, and fertile beyond compare.

2. (colloquial) Characterised by soaking; involving a soak.
   • 1999, Jeanne Rose, The Herbal Body Book, page 191:

     Now would be a good time to take a soaky bath, adding all that extra colloidal Oatmeal that you made, or you can eat the Oatmeal for breakfast with some honey: it's quite delicious.

Translations

soaking wet

characterised by soaking

Anagrams

• kayos, okays, yoaks