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seediness

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seed⋅y

  [see-dee]
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–adjective, seed⋅i⋅er, seed⋅i⋅est.
1. abounding in seed.
2. containing many seeds, as a piece of fruit.
3. gone to seed; bearing seeds.
4. poorly kept; run-down; shabby.
5. shabbily dressed; unkempt: a seedy old tramp.
6. physically run-down; under the weather: He felt a bit seedy after his operation.
7. somewhat disreputable; degraded: a seedy hotel.
Origin:
1565–75; seed + -y 1

Related forms:
seed⋅i⋅ly, adverb
seed⋅i⋅ness, noun
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seed·y   (sē'dē)   
adj.   seed·i·er, seed·i·est

  1. Having many seeds.

  2. Resembling seeds or a seed.

  3. Worn and shabby; unkempt: "He was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin" (Mark Twain).

  4. Tired or sick; unwell.

  5. Somewhat disreputable; squalid: a seedy hotel in a run-down neighborhood.

seed'i·ly adv., seed'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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