Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weedy

/ˈwiːdi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: weedy
IPA: /ˈwiːdi/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Abounding with weeds.

adj

Of, relating to or resembling weeds.

adj

Consisting of weeds.

adj

Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas.

adj

Small and weak.

adj

Lacking power or effectiveness.

British usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"weedy grounds"
"a weedy garden"
"weedy corn"
"1577, Barnabe Googe (translator), The Foure Bookes of Husbandry, collected by M. Conradus Heresbachius, London: Richard Watkins, Book 1, p. 27, Wheate delighteth in a leuell, riche, warme, and a drye ground: a shaddowy, weedy, and a hilly ground, it loueth not […]"
"See, from the weedy earth a rivulet break And purl along the untrodden wilderness;"
"The wild rice has a peculiar weedy, smoky flavor, but if properly cooked is very delicious."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *weud Old English wēod Middle English weed English weed English -y English weedy From weed + -y.

Usage

British usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

weedier (comparative) weediest (superlative)

Derived Forms

weedily weediness

Phrases

weedy hawksbeard weedy sea dragon

Synonyms

weedlike scraggy ungainly angular anorexic carrion emaciated gangling gangly gaunt haggard stringy

Rhymes With

greedy needy midi didi edi seedy afridi reedy beady tweedy mccready sheedy

Questions

How do you pronounce weedy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwiːdi/.
What does weedy mean?: Abounding with weeds.
Where does weedy come from?: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *weud Old English wēod Middle English weed English weed English -y English weedy From weed + -y.

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