windy
/ˈwɪn.di/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Accompanied by wind.
adj
Unsheltered and open to the wind.
adj
Example Sentences
- "It was a long and windy night."
- "“Everybody is interested in extremes – the hottest, the wettest, the windiest – so creating a database of professionally verified records is useful in that fact alone,” says Randall Cerveny from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)."
- "Humid, windy days with low pressure make pain worse in those with long-term health conditions, according to new research."
- "[…] Higher windier locations can some times provide a relief from these insects during the growing season.”"
- "They shagged in a windy bus shelter."
- "They made windy promises they would not keep."
Etymology
From Middle English windy, from Old English windiġ (“windy”), from Proto-Germanic *windigaz (“windy”), equivalent to wind + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wiendich (“windy”), West Frisian winich (“windy”), Dutch winderig (“windy”), German Low German windig (“windy”), German windig (“windy”), Swedish vindig (“windy”), Icelandic vindugur (“windy”). The “frightened” sense probably derives from the phrase have the wind up.