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westy

/ˈwɛsti/

westy adjective: waste; desert.

Adjective (1)

westy (comparative more westy, superlative most westy)

  1. (obsolete) Waste; desert.

Adjective (2)

westy (comparative more westy, superlative most westy)

  1. (dialectal) Dizzy, giddy, confused.
    • Whiles he lies wallowing, with a westy head1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC

Forms of westy

comparativemore westy
superlativemost westy

Origin of westy

From Middle English westi, westig (“desolate, deserted, lonely”), from Old English wēstiġ (“waste, deserted”), from wēste (“waste, desert”) + -iġ (“-y”). See waste.

Origin obscure. Probably from Middle English westi (“desolate, deserted, lonely”) (see above), or possibly related to Scots weest (“depressed, uneasy, anxious”).

Words that rhyme with westy

Questions about westy

What does westy mean?
Westy means waste; desert.
What part of speech is westy?
Westy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce westy?
Westy is pronounced /ˈwɛsti/.

Words near westy in the dictionary

  1. Westwood
  2. Westwood Park
  3. Westwoods
  4. westwork
  5. westworks
  6. westy
  7. wet
  8. wet and messy
  9. wet and messy fetishism
  10. wet and warm
  11. wet arm system

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