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Webster 1913 Edition
Weedy
Weed′y
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Weedier
; sup
erl.
Weediest
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds.
“Weedy trophies.” Shak.
2.
Abounding with weeds;
as,
weedy
grounds; a weedy
garden; weedy
corn.See from the
weedy
earth a rivulet break. Bryant.
3.
Scraggy; ill-shaped; ungainly; – said of colts or horses, and also of persons.
[Colloq.]
Weed′y
,Adj.
Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments.
[R. or Colloq.]
She was as
weedy
as in the early days of her mourning. Dickens.
Webster 1828 Edition
Weedy
WEEDY
,Adj.
1.
Consisting of weeds; as weedy trophies.2.
Abounding with weeds; as weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn.Definition 2024
weedy
weedy
English
Adjective
weedy (comparative weedier, superlative weediest)
- (Britain) Small and weak; scraggy; ungainly.
- Of or relating to weeds; consisting of weeds.
- Shakespeare
- Weedy trophies.
- Shakespeare
- Abounding with weeds.
- weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn
- Bryant
- See from the weedy earth a rivulet break.
- (botany) Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas.