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