cloudery

English

Etymology

cloud +‎ -ery

Noun

cloudery

  1. A mass of clouds, or anything resembling clouds.
    • 1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
      “Figure to yourself,” says some other Eyewitness, “a lean Lady, with big arms and long legs; small head, and countenance losing itself in a cloudery of head-dress; […]
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