spiry

Etymology

From spire + -y.

adj

  1. Like or resembling a spire.
  2. Abounding in spires.
    But the calmest region is the upland, where human life is spread out beneath the bodily eye, where the mind roves from the peasant's nest to the spiry town, from the school-house to the churchyard, […] 1870, Harriet Martineau, Deerbrook, page 263
  3. Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.

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