wally

wal·ly

[wey-lee]
adjective Scot.
1.
fine; splendid.

Origin:
1490–1500; wale2 + -y1

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wally1 (ˈweɪlɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  fine, pleasing, or splendid
2.  robust or strong
 
[C16: of obscure origin]

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Wally is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
wally2 (ˈwælɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  made of china: a wally dug; a wally vase
2.  lined with ceramic tiles: a wally close
 
[from obsolete dialect wallow faded, adjectival use of wallow to fade, from Old English wealwian]

wally3 (ˈwɒlɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -lies
slang a stupid person
 
[C20: shortened form of the given name Walter]

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