westy

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/ˈwɛsti/

adjective

Waste; desert.

OriginMiddle English westi ← Old English wēstiġ →
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Meanings

westy1

adjectivewesty (comparative more westy, superlative most westy)

comparative more westy · superlative most westy

  1. obsoleteWaste; desert.

westy2

adjectivewesty (comparative more westy, superlative most westy)

comparative more westy · superlative most westy

  1. dialectalDizzy, 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bogangiddy

Origin

westy · adjective

  1. Old Englishwēstiġ“waste, deserted”
  2. Middle Englishwesti
  3. Englishwesty

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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westy · adjective

  1. Middle Englishwesti“desolate, deserted, lonely”
  2. Englishwesty

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with westy

zestytestychestybestiebreastyfestyjestynestypestyquestieresty
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Anagrams

stewy
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APA

westy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/westy

MLA

“westy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/westy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “westy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/westy.

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