Dictionary entry

Windy

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wind″y (?), a. [Compar.Windier (?); superl.Windiest.] [AS. windig.]

1. Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind. “The windy hill.” M. Arnold.

Blown with the windy tempest of my heart. Shak.

2. Next the wind; windward.

It keeps on the windy side of care. Shak.

3. Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather.

4. Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.

5. Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines. “A windy colic.” Arbuthnot.

6. Fig.: Empty; airy. “Windy joy.” Milton.

Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonored. South.