seedy
English
/ˈsiːdi/
adj
Definitions
- Full of seeds.
- (figurative) Disreputable, run-down.
- Untidy; unkempt.
- Infirm; unwell; go to gone to seed.
- Suffering the effects of a hangover.
- Having the flavour of seeds.
- (colloquial) Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sedy suf from English seed.
Origin
English
seed
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aniseed English
- birdseed English
- boneseed English
- burseed English
- cloudseed English
- coixseed English
- coleseed English
- cottonseed English
- deseed English
- dillseed English
- dropseed English
- fernseed English
- flaxseed English
- gape seed English
- goldseed English
- grapeseed English
- hagseed English
- hayseed English
- heartseed English
- hempseed English
- hydroseed English
- jumpseed English
- lopseed English
- microseed English
- moonseed English
- multiseed English
- nonseed English
- oilseed English
- overseed English
- poppyseed English
- preseed English
- pumpkinseed English
- rapeseed English
- reseed English
- seed English
- seedable English
- seedbag English
- seedbearing English
- seedbed English
- seedborne English
- seedbox English
- seedcake English
- seedcase English
- seedcod English
- seedcorn English
- seedeater English
- seedeating English
- seeder English
- seedest English
- seedeth English
- seedful English
- seedhead English
- seedhouse English
- seedily English
- seediness English
- seedlac English
- seedlep English
- seedless English
- seedlike English
- seedline English
- seedling English
- seedlot English
- seedly English
- seedman English
- seedness English
- seednut English
- seedplot English
- seedpod English
- seedset English
- seedship English
- seedsman English
- seedsnipe English
- seedstalk English
- seedtime English
- seedzone English
- self-seed English
- stickseed English
- stoneseed English
- sunseed English
- tasselseed English
- teelseed English
- tickseed English
- wattleseed English
- wormseed English
- yellowseed English
- seeda Swedish
- sedy Middle English
- seed Middle English
- seed
- seedly
- seeder
- reseed
- deseed
- seedbag
- lopseed
- sunseed
- seedset
- seedlac
- seedeth
- oilseed
- seedbox
- seedest
- seedbed
- seedily
- seednut
- nonseed
- preseed
- seedlot
- hagseed
- seedcod
- seedlep
- burseed
- aniseed
- seedman
- seedful
- hayseed
- seedpod
- seedcase
- jumpseed
- wormseed
- seedzone
- seedable
- seedsman
- overseed
- seedline
- moonseed
- fernseed
- teelseed
- seedtime
- seedship
- coleseed
- rapeseed
- boneseed
- seedling
- dropseed
- birdseed
- flaxseed
- seedless
- seedplot
- seedhead
- tickseed
- seedcorn
- goldseed
- seedness
- hempseed
- coixseed
- seedlike
- dillseed
- seedcake
- seedstalk
- seediness
- poppyseed
- cloudseed
- seedborne
- stoneseed
- self-seed
- hydroseed
- heartseed
- multiseed
- seedhouse
- gape seed
- microseed
- stickseed
- seedeater
- grapeseed
- seedsnipe
- wattleseed
- yellowseed
- cottonseed
- tasselseed
- seedeating
- pumpkinseed
- seedbearing