westy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛsti/
• Rhymes: -ɛsti

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

westy (comparative more westy, superlative most westy)

1. (obsolete) Waste; desert.

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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

• Stewy, stewy, wytes

Welsh

Noun

westy

1. Soft mutation of gwesty.

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwesty

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwesty	westy	ngwesty	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.