westy

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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westy (comparative more westy, superlative most westy)

  1. (obsolete) Waste; desert.

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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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

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Welsh

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Noun

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westy

  1. Soft mutation of gwesty.

Mutation

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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.