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Definition of Runny
1. Adjective. Characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape.
Similar to: Liquid
Derivative terms: Fluid, Fluid, Fluidity, Fluidness, Run, Runniness
Definition of Runny
1. Adjective. fluid; capable of flowing ¹
2. Adjective. liable to run or drip ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Runny
1. tending to drip [adj -NIER, -NIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Runny
Literary usage of Runny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1775)
"t Plaints of runny-Mead : A Poem. ±!o. ... The nymph of runny Mead is here defer!
bed as lamenting the degeneracy of a people ..."
2. The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as Well as by George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane (1846)
"... be the 15th of June,—the place, runny-mead."1 On the morning of the appointed
dny, the king mening from Windsor Castle, and the barons from the town of ..."
3. Popular Handbook of the British Constitution, Giving the History of Its by James Johnston (1899)
"The meeting at runny- mede.—John signs the great charter. — The pope refuses
ratification.—Excommunications.—Magna Charta. 1199. WE have now arrived at the ..."
4. London Review of English and Foreign Literature by William Kenrick (1775)
"The Plaints of runny Mead : a Poem. 4*0. is. Bel!. The merit of this piece lies
more in the author's freedom of ..."
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