windy
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windy¹
- /ˈwɪn.di/
Sounds like Wendy (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɪndi
Where it 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.
adjective windier · windiest
- Accompanied by wind. It was a long and windy night.
- Unsheltered and open to the wind. They shagged in a windy bus shelter.
- Empty and lacking substance. They made windy promises they would not keep.
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Long-winded; orally verbose.
I am not come hither to contend with the King of Witchland in windy railing, but to match my strength against his, sinew against sinew.
Similar: circumlocutory, diffuse, periphrastic, palaverous, pleonastic, prolix, rigmarole, sesquipedalian, verbose, wordy
- Flatulent. The Tex-Mex meal had made them somewhat windy.
- Nervous, frightened. The thing is he’s not windy, he’s a perfectly good soldier, no more than reasonably afraid of rifle and machine-gun bullets, shells, grenades.
noun windies
- A fart.
windy²
- /ˈwaɪndi/
adjective windier · windiest
- Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.
windy³
Where it comes from
Variant of window.
noun windies
- A window. "You see it there, yondher, forenint you, at the bottom of the sthreet, wid the light in the winddy; or, stay, shure it's mysilf id think little of runnin' down wid you, poor crathurs!"
Windy⁴
proper noun
- A locality in the Liverpool Plains council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
Windy⁵
Where it comes from
Often a diminutive of names starting with Wi-, such as Wilhelmina and Winifred, with -y. Influenced by windy.
proper noun
- A female given name. “We’ve thought about leaving the state to find a job,” Sara March said, as she coddled her 7-month-old daughter, Windy.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: blowy, stormy, breezy, wordy, prolix, long-winded, tedious, verbose, downwind, wind, vent, grand, rude, wendy, asif, asef
Translations
Every language
adj accompanied by wind
| Español | ventoso |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 바람 부는 baram buneun |
| 日本語 | 風の吹く kaze no fuku, 風の強い kaze no tsuyoi |
| 中文 | 大風 /大风 dàfēng |
| हिन्दी | तूफ़ानी tūfānī, हवादार havādār |
| Português | ventoso |
| Français | venteux |
| Deutsch | windig |
| Italiano | ventoso |
| Ελληνικά | ανεμώδης anemódis |
| Română | vântos |
| Русский | ве́треный vétrenyj |
| Tiếng Việt | có gió |
| العربية | عَاصِف ʕāṣif |
adj flatulent
| Español | flatulento |
|---|---|
| Français | venteux |
adj having many bends
| Español | serpenteante |
|---|---|
| Italiano | curvoso |
| Русский | изви́листый izvílistyj |
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