windy

windy is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.Next the wind; windward. It keeps on the windy side of care. Shak.
  2. 2.Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather.
  3. 3.Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.
  4. 4.Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines. "A windy colic." Arbuthnot.
  5. 5.Fig.: Empty; airy. "Windy joy." Milton. Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonored. South.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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  • Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
  • Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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