Woolly
/ˈwʊli/noun
Covered with, made of, or resembling wool; also informal for vague or confused.
Did you know?“Woolly” is just the adjective built from Old English *wull* (“wool”), and its fuzzy, vague sense grew later from the idea of something not sharply defined.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wele-
“to pluck, tear off, or pull apart”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*wullō
“wool”
Old English
English
wull
“wool”
Middle English
English
wolli
“covered with wool; wool-like”
Modern English
English
woolly
“covered with or resembling wool; fuzzy or indistinct”