† westyadj.¹

Forms: Old English westig, Old English woestig (Anglian), Old English woestihg (Northumbrian), Old English–early Middle English westi, early Middle English weste, early Middle English westiȝ (south-west midlands), Middle English wysti (northern), Middle English wysty (north-west midlands), late Middle English wist' (abbreviated form).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: weste adj., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < weste adj. + -y suffix¹. Compare later wasty adj.¹

Obsolete.

That is a wilderness or waste; desolate, deserted.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > [adjective]

unbearingc825

deafc897

westyOE

wastumlessc975

wilderna1050

drya1340

gelda1350

barren1377

unfructuousa1382

poora1387

ungreenc1400

infecundc1420

farrow1494

fruitlessa1513

unfruitful1531

sterile1552

hungry1577

penurious1594

unfertile1596

infertile1598

howling1611

ungenitureda1616

arid1656

infecundous1661

ungendering1706

yeld1721

unproductive1725

infructuose1727

ungenerative1733

fallow1791

nihili-parturient1812

dowf1824

wastec1825

non-productive1830

unreproductive1836

infructuous1860

unvintaged1869

increative1877

ablastemic1881

submarginal1895

OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Mark i. 35 Egressus abiit in desertum locum : foerde uel færend ðona eode on woestigum stouo uel styd [OE Rushw. Gospels in westige stowe uel steyde].

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 449 Of Angle comon, se a syððan stod westig betwix Iutum & Seaxum, Eastangla..& ealla Norþhymbra.

c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 445 Þet tu..schalt grenin godles in wið westi [a1250 Titus wasti] wahes.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 562 Leode nere þar nane. ne wapmen ne wifmen buten westiȝe pæðes [c1300 Otho weste paþes].

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2189 ‘Now i-wysse,’ quoþ Wowayn, ‘wysty is here; Þis oritore is vgly.’

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1757 Riȝt as a flaw of fell snawe ware fallyn of a ryft, Of a wysti wonn waghe [a1500 Trin. Dublin Of a wist' wondyn wagh] with þe wynd blawen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† westyadj.²

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.

Obsolete (English regional (midlands) in later use).

Confused; giddy, dizzy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [adjective]

bemazed?c1225

madc1300

maskedc1300

marreda1375

astoniedc1386

adasedc1450

astonished1513

moping1566

bewandered1574

dizzy1579

westy1598

night-wildered1652

disconcerted1686

muzzy1723

flustered1743

bewildered1760

flurried1775

muddled1790

thought-bewildered1796

bedazzled1805

muggy1824

mused1842

moony1847

beflustered1864

bemused1880

snarled1881

bedazed1882

bemuddled1883

disoriented1957

disorientated1959

wifty1973

1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. i. 12 While hee lies wallowing with a westy hed And palish carkasse, on his Brothel-bed.

1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 52 Westy; Dizzy, giddy.

1848 A. B. Evans Leicestershire Words 105 My head's very westy, and bad.

1867 Cornhill Mag. 15 741 He's a bit westy by times is Ashford.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	westy
释义	† westyadj.¹ Forms: Old English westig, Old English woestig (Anglian), Old English woestihg (Northumbrian), Old English–early Middle English westi, early Middle English weste, early Middle English westiȝ (south-west midlands), Middle English wysti (northern), Middle English wysty (north-west midlands), late Middle English wist' (abbreviated form). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: weste adj., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < weste adj. + -y suffix¹. Compare later wasty adj.¹ Obsolete. That is a wilderness or waste; desolate, deserted. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > [adjective] unbearingc825 deafc897 westyOE wastumlessc975 wilderna1050 drya1340 gelda1350 barren1377 unfructuousa1382 poora1387 ungreenc1400 infecundc1420 farrow1494 fruitlessa1513 unfruitful1531 sterile1552 hungry1577 penurious1594 unfertile1596 infertile1598 howling1611 ungenitureda1616 arid1656 infecundous1661 ungendering1706 yeld1721 unproductive1725 infructuose1727 ungenerative1733 fallow1791 nihili-parturient1812 dowf1824 wastec1825 non-productive1830 unreproductive1836 infructuous1860 unvintaged1869 increative1877 ablastemic1881 submarginal1895 OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Mark i. 35 Egressus abiit in desertum locum : foerde uel færend ðona eode on woestigum stouo uel styd [OE Rushw. Gospels in westige stowe uel steyde]. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 449 Of Angle comon, se a syððan stod westig betwix Iutum & Seaxum, Eastangla..& ealla Norþhymbra. c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 445 Þet tu..schalt grenin godles in wið westi [a1250 Titus wasti] wahes. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 562 Leode nere þar nane. ne wapmen ne wifmen buten westiȝe pæðes [c1300 Otho weste paþes]. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2189 ‘Now i-wysse,’ quoþ Wowayn, ‘wysty is here; Þis oritore is vgly.’ c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1757 Riȝt as a flaw of fell snawe ware fallyn of a ryft, Of a wysti wonn waghe [a1500 Trin. Dublin Of a wist' wondyn wagh] with þe wynd blawen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † westyadj.² Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Obsolete (English regional (midlands) in later use). Confused; giddy, dizzy. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [adjective] bemazed?c1225 madc1300 maskedc1300 marreda1375 astoniedc1386 adasedc1450 astonished1513 moping1566 bewandered1574 dizzy1579 westy1598 night-wildered1652 disconcerted1686 muzzy1723 flustered1743 bewildered1760 flurried1775 muddled1790 thought-bewildered1796 bedazzled1805 muggy1824 mused1842 moony1847 beflustered1864 bemused1880 snarled1881 bedazed1882 bemuddled1883 disoriented1957 disorientated1959 wifty1973 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. i. 12 While hee lies wallowing with a westy hed And palish carkasse, on his Brothel-bed. 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 52 Westy; Dizzy, giddy. 1848 A. B. Evans Leicestershire Words 105 My head's very westy, and bad. 1867 Cornhill Mag. 15 741 He's a bit westy by times is Ashford. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.¹OEadj.²1598
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