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

Mutated forms of gwesty
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwesty westy ngwesty unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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