Paly vs Poly - What's the difference?
paly | poly |
(heraldry) vertically striped
(obsolete) pale; lacking colour
* 1593 , , III. ii. 141:
polytechnic.
polyethylene (polythene)
(chiefly, computer graphics) polygon
(uncountable) polyester
(chiefly, informal) polyamory
(chiefly, informal) A polyamorous person.
(chiefly, informal) polyamorous
(transitive, video games, roguelikes) To polymorph; to transform by magic.
A whitish woolly plant () of the order Labiatae, found throughout the Mediterranean.
As an adjective paly
is (heraldry) vertically striped or paly can be (obsolete) pale; lacking colour.As a noun poly is
dust.paly
English
Etymology 1
Compare (etyl) . See (pale) a stake.Adjective
(-)Etymology 2
Adjective
(en adjective)- Fain would I go to chafe his paly lips / With twenty thousand kisses,
- (Whittier)
poly
English
Etymology 1
Shortening of various words.Noun
(polys)- a cotton-poly blend