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| —adj , seedier, seediest | |
| 1. | shabby or unseemly in appearance: seedy clothes |
| 2. | (of a plant) at the stage of producing seeds |
| 3. | informal not physically fit; sickly |
| 'seedily | |
| —adv | |
| 'seediness | |
| —n | |
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seedy
1440, "fruitful, abundant," from seed (n.). Meaning "shabby" is attested from 1739, probably in allusion to the appearance of a flowering plant that has run to seed.
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