wally

wally¹

adj Scot archaic

1. fine, pleasing, or splendid

2. robust or strong

[of obscure origin]

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wally²

adj Central Scot dialect

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) made of china a wally dug a wally vase

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) lined with ceramic tiles a wally close See also wallies

[from obsolete dialect wallow faded, adjectival use of wallow to fade, from Old English wealwian]

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wally³

n pl -lies

Slang a stupid person

[shortened form of the given name Walter]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wally - a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom fool, muggins, saphead, tomfool, sap - a person who lacks good judgment

Translations

wally [ˈwɒlɪ] (Brit) N → gili mf

wally [ˈwɒli] n → imbécile mf

wally

n (Brit inf: = fool) → Trottel m (inf)

wally [ˈwɒlɪ] n (fam) → scemo/a