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west | westy |

As a proper noun west

is the western]] world; the regions, primarily situated in the western [[hemisphere|hemisphere, whose culture is derived from europe.

As an adjective westy is

(obsolete) waste; desert or westy can be (dialectal) dizzy, giddy, confused.

west

English

(wikipedia west)

Noun

(-)
  • One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox.
  • Derived terms

    * north-northwest * northwest * south-southwest * southwest * west by north * west by south * wester * westerly * western * westerner * westing * westward * westwardly * westwards

    Coordinate terms

    * (compass point) east, north, south

    Adjective

  • Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
  • (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
  • Of or pertaining to the west; western.
  • From the West; occidental.
  • Adverb

    (-)
  • Towards the west; westwards.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move to the west; (of the sun) to set.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.prologue:
  • Foure times his place he shifted hath in sight, / And twice has risen, where he now doth West', / And ' wested twice, where he ought rise aright.

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    westy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) westi, . See (l).

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (obsolete) Waste; desert.
  • Etymology 2

    Origin obscure. Probably from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (dialectal) Dizzy, giddy, confused.
  • Whiles he lies wallowing, with a westy head — Joseph Hall.
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