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Grammar : Adj
Spell : see-dee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsi di



Definition of seedy

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "fruitful, abundant," from seed (n.) + -y (2). From 1570s as "abounding in seeds." Meaning "shabby" is from 1739, probably in reference to the appearance of a flowering plant that has run to seed. Related: Seediness.
  • adj run-down, dilapidated
Example sentences :
  • Not so for Louis, who was impatient that so seedy a person should presume to stop them.
  • Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
  • He was a seedy individual, with a face that was horribly pockmarked.
  • Extract from : « From Farm to Fortune » by Horatio Alger Jr.
  • What was it to me that he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin?
  • Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • You see the child looking pale and seedy, and say at once, "something on her mind."
  • Extract from : « The Giant's Robe » by F. Anstey
  • A pair of seedy thoroughbreds, they was, seedy and down and out.
  • Extract from : « Odd Numbers » by Sewell Ford
  • The sight of that seedy and solitary splendour was too much for me.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Snobs » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Tell River-Smith, will you, that I am seedy, and cannot come down to tea.
  • Extract from : « The Dash for Khartoum » by George Alfred Henty
  • You know the kind,—seedy hasbeens, with their futures all behind 'em.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe on the Job » by Sewell Ford
  • I was sorry to hear you had been seedy before you left London.
  • Extract from : « The Master of the Shell » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • "Good morning," she said, and she gave her gloved, seedy hand to Ursula.
  • Extract from : « The Rainbow » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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