seedy
Pronunciation: /ˈsiːdi/
The English word “seedy” has 7 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Containing or full of seeds.
- Seedlike; having the flavour of seeds.
- Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy.
- Shabby, run-down, possibly connected with bad, dishonest or illegal activities, somewhat disreputable.
- Untidy, unkempt.
- Infirm, unwell, gone to seed.
- Suffering the effects of a hangover.
Etymology
From Middle English sedy, equivalent to seed + -y. The senses with negative connotation, first attested by 1725 in slang, originally especially “poor, out of money”, probably arose from the metaphor of a flower that has gone to seed, and is no longer considered beautiful. From there the word came to be used to describe unwell or past-their-prime people, and parallelly run-down places and by…
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