In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
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
Etymology
Adjective
weedy (comparative weedier, superlative weediest)
Abounding with weeds.
Of, relating to or resembling weeds.
Synonym: weedlike
Consisting of weeds.
(botany) Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas.
(figurative, of a person or animal) Small and weak.
Synonyms: scraggy, ungainly, Thesaurus:scrawny
(figurative, UK, Ireland, informal) Lacking power or effectiveness.
Synonyms: feeble, Thesaurus:weak
Anagrams
• Dewey
Source: Wiktionary
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
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
27 April 2024
GREAT
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
Coffee Trivia
