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seedinesses

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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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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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