Category:Windy

Wind"y, a. [compar. Windier; superl. Windiest.] Etym: [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.