wasty

wasty · adjective¹

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wōstīg“waste-like, deserted”
2. Old English · inherited fromwēstiġ“wasty, desert, desolate”
3. Middle English · inherited fromwasti
4. English todaywasty

From Middle English wasti, westy, westi, westiȝ (“desolate, deserted; destitute”), from Old English wēstiġ (“wasty, desert, desolate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōstīg (“waste-like, deserted”), equivalent to waste + -y. Cognate with Scots wasty, waisty (“desolate, deserted; unoccupied”), Dutch woestig (“inhospitable, rugged, wild”), German Low German wööstig (“desolate”).

wasty · adjective²

1. Middle English · inherited fromwasty“extravagantly or wastefully expensive”
2. English todaywasty

From Middle English wasty (“extravagantly or wastefully expensive”), equivalent to waste + -y.

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