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weaky

Pronunciation: /ˈwiki/

The English word “weaky” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. moist; damp; clammy
  2. juicy; mellow
  3. watery
  4. pliant; soft

Etymology

From an unattested English dialectal word *weak (“moist; moisture”) + -y. Compare voky, woky. *Weak is from Middle English *weke, *wak, *wok, from Old Norse vǫkr (“moist; damp; wet”) and Old Norse vǫkvi, vǫkva (“moisture; juice”), from Proto-Germanic *wakwaz (“moist”) and *wakwô, *wakwijô (“moisture; wetness; open water; icehole”), from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“wet”). Cognates Germanic…

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