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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Weedy \Weed"y\, a. [Compar. {Weedier}; superl. {Weediest}.]
   1. Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds. ``Weedy
      trophies.'' --Shak.

   2. Abounding with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden;
      weedy corn.

            See from the weedy earth a rivulet break. --Bryant.

   3. Scraggy; ill-shaped; ungainly; -- said of colts or horses,
      and also of persons. [Colloq.]

Weedy \Weed"y\, a.
   Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments. [R. or Colloq.]

         She was as weedy as in the early days of her mourning.
                                                  --Dickens.

Source : WordNet®

weedy
     adj 1: abounding with or resembling weeds; "a weedy path"; "weedy
            plants that take over a garden" [ant: {weedless}]
     2: having unattractive thinness; "a child with skinny freckled
        legs"; "a long scrawny neck" [syn: {scraggy}, {scrawny}, {skinny},
         {underweight}]
     [also: {weediest}, {weedier}]
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