WEEDY


Meaning of WEEDY in English

I. ˈwēdē, -di adjective

( -er/-est )

Etymology: Middle English, from weed (I) + -y

1. : abounding with weeds

a weedy garden

2.

a. : of, relating to, or consisting of weeds

b. : resembling a weed especially in respect to rank growth or ready propagation in cultivated places

a plant of weedy habit

3. : noticeably lean and scrawny : lanky

light carriage with its pair of weedy , young horses — Joseph Hergesheimer

he was weedy ; on his pale face was the look of delicate health — Oliver LaFarge

II. adjective

Etymology: weed (III) + -y

: dressed in mourning

she was as weedy as in the early days of her mourning — Charles Dickens

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