WEEDY

a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds. "Weedy trophies." Shak.

2.
a.

Abounding with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn. See from the weedy earth a rivulet break. Bryant.

3.
a.

Scraggy; ill-shaped; ungainly; -- said of colts or horses, and also of persons. [Colloq.]

4.
a.

Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments. [R. or Colloq.] She was as weedy as in the early days of her mourning. Dickens.


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