Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Waste; desert.
  • Dizzy; giddy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Prov. Eng. Dizzy; giddy.

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  • adjective obsolete Waste; desert.
  • adjective dialectal Dizzy, giddy, confused.

Etymologies

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

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

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