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windy.

Accompanied by wind.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈwɪn.di/

  1. Accompanied by wind.

    It was a long and windy night.

  2. Unsheltered and open to the wind.

    They shagged in a windy bus shelter.

  3. Empty and lacking substance.

    They made windy promises they would not keep.

  4. Long-winded; orally verbose.

  5. Flatulent.

    informal
    The Tex-Mex meal had made them somewhat windy.

  6. Nervous, frightened.

    slang
Where this word comes from

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”). The “frightened” sense probably derives from the phrase have the wind up.

noun/ˈwɪn.di/

  1. A fart.

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

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”). The “frightened” sense probably derives from the phrase have the wind up.

adj/ˈwaɪndi/

  1. Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Middle English wynden English wind Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English windy From wind (“to curve, bend”) + -y.

noun

  1. A window.

    Ireland
Where this word comes from

Variant of window.

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