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windiness

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wind⋅y

  [win-dee]
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–adjective, wind⋅i⋅er, wind⋅i⋅est.
1. accompanied or characterized by wind: a windy day.
2. exposed to or swept by the wind: a windy hill.
3. consisting of or resembling wind: a windy tempest of activity.
4. toward the wind; windward.
5. unsubstantial or empty.
6. of the nature of, characterized by, or given to prolonged, empty talk; voluble; verbose; bombastic.
7. characterized by or causing flatulence.
8. Chiefly Scot. boastful.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE windig. See wind 1 , -y 1

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

  1. Characterized by or abounding in wind: a windy night.

  2. Open to the wind; unsheltered: a windy terrace.

  3. Resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability: a windy dash homeward.

    1. Lacking substance; empty: windy promises.

    2. Given to or characterized by wearisome verbosity: a windy speaker.

  5. Flatulent.

wind'i·ly adv., wind'i·ness n.
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