What does "windy" mean?
Windy: Next the wind; windward. It keeps on the windy side of care. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather.
- 3.Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.
- 4.Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines. "A windy colic." Arbuthnot.
- 5.Fig.: Empty; airy. "Windy joy." Milton. Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonored. South.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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