Weedy
['wiːdɪ] or ['widi]
Definition
(adj.) abounding with or resembling weeds; 'a weedy path'; 'weedy plants that take over a garden' .
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Definition
(superl.) Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds.
(superl.) Abounding with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn.
(superl.) Scraggy; ill-shaped; ungainly; -- said of colts or horses, and also of persons.
(a.) Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments.
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Examples
- Whether they were or not, did not appear; but they all had a weedy look. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I think there was some compromise in the cap; but otherwise she was as weedy as in the early days of her mourning. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The great sweep in front of the terrace and entrance stair was black and covered with mosses; the once trim flower-beds rank and weedy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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