English Explanatory Dictionary

windy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Accompanied by wind.
  2. Unsheltered and open to the wind.
  3. Empty and lacking substance.
  4. Long-winded; orally verbose.
  5. Flatulent.
  6. Nervous, frightened.
noun
  1. A fart.
adj
  1. Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.
name
  1. A locality in the Liverpool Plains council area, central New South Wales, Australia.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɪn.di/ En-au-windy.ogg /ˈwaɪndi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-windy (ai).wav

Word forms

windy windier windiest windies

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

blowy blustery breezy circumlocutory diffuse periphrastic palaverous pleonastic prolix rigmarole sesquipedalian verbose wordy farty flatulent windy gassy curmurring

Antonyms

calm windless

Related words

wimdy

Derived words

windiness windy pasty
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