Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Windy

Windy , adjective

[Anglo-Saxon 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. — Shakespeare
2.
Next the wind; windward.
It keeps on the windy side of care. — Shakespeare
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.
Figuratively: Empty; airy.
Windy joy. — Milton
Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonored. — South