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Webster 1913 Edition

Westy

West′y

,
Adj.
Dizzy; giddy.
[Prov. Eng.]

Definition 2024

westy

westy

English

Adjective

westy ‎(comparative westier or more westy, superlative westiest or most westy)

  1. (obsolete) Waste; desert.

Etymology 2

Origin obscure. Probably from Middle English westi ‎(“desolate, deserted, lonely”) (see above), or possibly related to Scots weest ‎(“depressed, uneasy, anxious”).

Adjective

westy ‎(comparative westier or more westy, superlative westiest or most westy)

  1. (dialectal) Dizzy, giddy, confused.
    Whiles he lies wallowing, with a westy head — Joseph Hall.

Welsh

Noun

westy

  1. Soft mutation of gwesty.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwesty westy ngwesty unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology

From Middle English westi, westig ‎(“desolate, deserted, lonely”), from Old English wēstiġ ‎(“waste, deserted”), from wēste ‎(“waste, desert”) + -iġ ‎(“-y”). See waste.

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