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watery

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
watery/ˈwɔːtəri/

▶adjective

1 consisting of, containing, or resembling water.
■ (of food or drink) thin or tasteless as a result of containing too much water.

2 weak or pale.

– derivatives
wateriness noun.

– origin OE wæterig (see water, -y1).

'watery' also found in these Oxford entries:

aquatic - cerebrospinal fluid - cloud - cucumber - flow - gleet - hay fever - hydatid - ichor - island - oedema - pemphigus - pepo - rheum - rheumatism - saliva - sloppy - slush - slush fund - washy - watermelon - whey

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