windiness
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
windiness (usually uncountable, plural windinesses)
- The state of being windy; the state of there being wind
- 1640, John Parkinson, “Cyperus dulcis rotundus esculentus, Trasi dulce vocatus. The Most Delicate Sweet Cyperus, or Rush Nut.”, in Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants. Or, An Herball of a Large Extent: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, →OCLC, page 148:
- [I]t conduceth helpe to the crudities, humidities, and vvindineſſe of the ſtomacke and belly, and to helpe the ſhortneſſe of breath and coughes: […]
Translations[edit]
state of there being wind
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Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
windiness (usually uncountable, plural windinesses)
- The state of being winding or twisting; twistiness