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windiest |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Windy \Wind"y\, a. [Compar. {Windier}; superl. {Windiest}.] [AS. windig.] 1. Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind. ``The windy hill.'' --M. Arnold. Blown with the windy tempest of my heart. --Shak. 2. Next the wind; windward. It keeps on the windy side of care --Shak. 3. Tempestuous; boisterous; as windy weather. 4. Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as windy food. 5. Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines. ``A windy colic.'' --Arbuthnot. 6. Fig.: Empty; airy. ``Windy joy.'' --Milton. Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonored. --South.
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