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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats