westy

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛsti/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsti

Etymology 1

From Middle English westi, westig (“desolate, deserted, lonely”), from Old English wēstiġ (“waste, deserted”), from wēste (“waste, desert”) + -iġ (“-y”). See waste.

Adjective

westy (comparative more westy, superlative most westy)

  1. (obsolete) Waste; desert.

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

westy (comparative more westy, superlative most westy)

  1. (dialectal) Dizzy, giddy, confused.
    • c. 1600, John Ayliffe, Satires:
      Whiles he lies wallowing, with a westy head

Anagrams

Welsh

Noun

westy

  1. Soft mutation of gwesty.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwesty westy ngwesty unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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