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windy
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English windy, from Old English windi? (“windy”), from Proto-Germanic *windigaz (“windy”), equivalent to wind +? -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wiendich (“windy”), West Frisian winich (“windy”), Dutch winderig (“windy”), German Low German windig (“windy”), German windig (“windy”), Swedish vindig (“windy”), Icelandic vindugur (“windy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w?ndi/
- Rhymes: -?ndi
Adjective
windy (comparative windier, superlative windiest)
- Accompanied by wind.
- It was a long and windy night.
- Unsheltered and open to the wind.
- They made love in a windy bus shelter.
- Empty and lacking substance.
- They made windy promises they would not keep.
- Long-winded; orally verbose.
- (informal) Flatulent.
- The Tex-Mex meal had made them somewhat windy.
- (slang) Nervous, frightened.
- 1995, Pat Barker, The Ghost Road, Penguin 2014 (The Regeneration Trilogy), p. 848:
- The thing is he's not windy, he's a perfectly good soldier, no more than reasonably afraid of rifle and machine-gun bullets, shells, grenades.
- 1995, Pat Barker, The Ghost Road, Penguin 2014 (The Regeneration Trilogy), p. 848:
Synonyms
- (accompanied by wind): blowy, blustery, breezy
- See also Thesaurus:verbose
- See also Thesaurus:flatulent
Antonyms
- (accompanied by wind): calm, windless
Translations
Noun
windy (plural windies)
- (colloquial) fart
Translations
Etymology 2
wind (“to curve, bend”) +? -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wa?ndi/
Adjective
windy (comparative windier, superlative windiest)
- (of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.
Translations
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windily
English
Etymology 1
windy +? -ly
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w?nd?li/
Adverb
windily (not comparable)
- In a manner of or like the wind.
Etymology 2
windy +? -ly
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wa?nd?li/
Adverb
windily (not comparable)
- In a twisting or winding fashion.
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