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Webster 1913 Edition


Seedy

Seed′y

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Seedier
;
sup
erl.
Seediest
.]
1.
Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds.
2.
Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; – said of certain kinds of French brandy.
3.
Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking;
as, he looked
seedy
; a
seedy
coat
.
[Colloq.]
Little Flanigan here . . . is a little
seedy
, as we say among us that practice the law.
Goldsmith.
Seedy toe
,
an affection of a horse’s foot, in which a cavity filled with horn powder is formed between the laminae and the wall of the hoof.

Webster 1828 Edition


Seedy

SEE'DY

,
Adj.
[from seed.]
1. Abounding with seeds.
2. Having a peculiar flavor, supposed to be derived from the weeds growing amoung vines; applied to French brandy.

Definition 2024


seedy

seedy

English

Adjective

seedy (comparative seedier, superlative seediest)

  1. disreputable, run-down, sleazy.
    The healing power of alcohol only works on scrapes and nicks; and not on girls in seedy bars who drown themselves in it. (from "Choice Hops and Bottled Self Esteem" by Bayside)
  2. Full of seeds.
    Pomegranates are as seedy as any fruit you are likely to see.
  3. untidy; unkempt
    His seedy, dirt-smudged visage caused her to look at him askance.
  4. infirm; gone to seed.
    With her aching back and pronounced limp, she was feeling particularly seedy today.
  5. suffering the effects of a hangover
    After last night's party we were all feeling pretty seedy.
  6. (colloquial) Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy.

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