Hypertext Webster Gateway: "weedy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Weedy \Weed"y\, a. [Compar. {Weedier}; superl. {Weediest}.]
1. Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds. ``Weedy
trophies.'' --Shak.
2. Abounding with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden;
weedy corn.
See from the weedy earth a rivulet break. --Bryant.
3. Scraggy; ill-shaped; ungainly; -- said of colts or horses,
and also of persons. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Weedy \Weed"y\, a.
Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments. [R. or Colloq.]
She was as weedy as in the early days of her mourning.
--Dickens.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
weedy
adj 1: abounding with or resembling weeds; "a weedy path"; "weedy
plants that take over a garden" [ant: {weedless}]
2: having unattractive thinness; "a child with skinny freckled
legs"; "a long scrawny neck" [syn: {scraggy}, {scrawny}, {skinny},
{underweight}]
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