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Definition of Seedy
1. Adjective. Full of seeds. "As seedy as a fig"
Derivative terms: Seed
Antonyms: Seedless
2. Adjective. Shabby and untidy. "He was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"
3. Adjective. Somewhat ill or prone to illness. "Is unwell and can't come to work"
Similar to: Ill, Sick
Derivative terms: Unwellness
4. Adjective. Morally degraded. "The squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
Similar to: Disreputable
Derivative terms: Sleaziness, Sordidness, Squalidness
Definition of Seedy
1. a. Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds.
Definition of Seedy
1. Adjective. disreputable; run-down ¹
2. Adjective. full of seeds ¹
3. Adjective. untidy; unkempt ¹
4. Adjective. infirm; gone to seed ¹
5. Adjective. suffering the effects of a hangover ¹
6. Adjective. (colloquial) Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seedy
1. containing seeds; inferior in condition or quality [adj SEEDIER, SEEDIEST]
Medical Definition of Seedy
1. 1. Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds. 2. Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of FRench brandy. 3. Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy coat. "Little Flanigan here . . . Is a little seedy, as we say among us that practice the law." Seedy toe, an affection of a horse's foot, in which a cavity filled with horn powder is formed between the laminae and the wall of the hoof. See:dier; Seediest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seedy
Literary usage of Seedy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse by Anna Sewell (1904)
"seedy SAM I SHOULD say, that for a cab-horse I was very well off indeed; my driver
was my owner, and it was his interest to treat me well, and not overwork ..."
2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"Our eyes then turned upon that seedy yent, Orlando Figgs, who drew in our Academy
for ten years. ..."
3. Rhymes with Reason & Without by Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1853)
"THE seedy OLD GENTLEMAN. Something similar, fully as comprehensible, but not
quite as good as the " Ancient Mariner." ACROSS my way, for many a day, ..."
4. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"Its great number of drupelets makes it very seedy. Its long, slender, tapering
shape has suggested its two most characteristic names — Sow-teat and ..."
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