Associations to the word «Wispy»

Wiktionary

WISPY, adjective. Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle.

Dictionary definition

WISPY, adjective. Thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson.
WISPY, adjective. Lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.