windy
Tree on a windy day
Meanings
Adjective
- Accompanied by wind.
- Unsheltered and open to the wind.
- Empty and lacking substance.
- Long-winded; orally verbose.
- Flatulent.
- Nervous, frightened.
- Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.
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Origin
- From Middle English windy, from Old English windiġ ("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").
- wind + -y
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