Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

westy en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈwɛsti/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Waste; desert.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most westy Degree=Sup lexicographic
more westy Degree=Cmp lexicographic

westy en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈwɛsti/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (dialectal) Dizzy, giddy, confused.
    • Whiles he lies wallowing, with a westy head 1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more westy Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most westy Degree=Sup lexicographic