Wind"y (?), a. [Compar. Windier (?); superl. Windiest.] [AS. windig.]
1.
Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind.
"The
windy hill."
M. Arnold.
Blown with the windy tempest of my heart.
Shak.
2.
Next the wind; windward.
It keeps on the windy side of care.
Shak.
3.
Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather.
4.
Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.
5.
Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines.
"A
windy colic."
Arbuthnot.
6.
Fig.: Empty; airy.
"
Windy joy."
Milton.
Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonored.
South.
© Webster 1913.