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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.
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)
- 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)
- Full of seeds.
- Pomegranates are as seedy as any fruit you are likely to see.
- untidy; unkempt
- infirm; gone to seed.
- With her aching back and pronounced limp, she was feeling particularly seedy today.
- suffering the effects of a hangover
- After last night's party we were all feeling pretty seedy.
- (colloquial) Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy.
Derived terms
Translations
disreputable; run-down
full of seeds
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untidy; unkempt
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infirm; gone to seed
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suffering effects of hangover
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