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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Weedy

/wēd'-ē/ · Weed·y · IPA /ˈwiːdi/
01 a. Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds.
  2. 2.
    Abounding with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn.
    “See from the weedy earth a rivulet break.” — Bryant.
  3. 3.
    Scraggy; ill-shaped; ungainly; -- said of colts or horses, and also of persons.[Colloq.]
02 a. Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments.
  1. 1.
    Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments.[R. or Colloq.]
    “She was as weedy as in the early days of her mourning.” — Dickens.