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adjective, seed·i·er, seed·i·est.
1.
abounding in seed.
2.
containing many seeds, as a piece of fruit.
4.
poorly kept; run-down; shabby.
5.
EXPANDshabbily dressed; unkempt: a seedy old tramp.
6.
physically run-down; under the weather: He felt a bit seedy after his operation.
7.
COLLAPSEsomewhat disreputable; degraded: a seedy hotel.
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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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