In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
WEEDIEST
WEEDY
scraggy, scraggly, boney, bony, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy
(adjective) being very thin; “a child with skinny freckled legs”; “a long scrawny neck”; “pale bony hands”
weedy
(adjective) abounding with or resembling weeds; “a weedy path”; “weedy plants that take over a garden”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
weediest
superlative form of weedy: most weedy
Anagrams
• Tweedies
Source: Wiktionary
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.]
Weed"y, a.
Definition: Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments. [R. or Colloq.] She was as weedy as in the early days of her mourning. Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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