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▪ I. woundy, a.1 rare.|ˈwuːndɪ| [f. wound n. + -y1.] a. Characterized by wounds. b. Causing wounds.
1660Waterhouse Discourse Arms 30 Like Sicinius Dentatus who served his Country one hundred and twenty battayles, and brought from them woundy Testimonies of valour. 1826Hood Love 5 What art thou, Love?..a boy that shoots, From ladies' eyes, such mortal woundy darts. ▪ II. woundy, adv. and a.2 Obs. exc. arch.|ˈwaʊndɪ| Also 8 waundy. [f. wounds int. + -y1. The pronunc. |ˈwaʊndɪ| is given by Sheridan (1789) and Smart (1846) in contrast with the noun |wuːnd|.] A. adv. Very; extremely; excessively. αc1621Rowley etc. Witch Edmonton ii. i, 'Tis woundy cold, sure! 1660Dial. betw. Tom & Dick 1/2 And yet the Thief is woundy Close. 1695Congreve Love for L. iv. xiii, He was woundy angry when I gav'n that wipe. 1706E. Ward Wooden World Diss. (1708) 79 His drinking much Flip, makes him woundy subject to the Vapours. 1774C. Dibdin Waterman i, She keeps her a-bed woundy late of a morning. 1824Scott Redgauntlet ch. xv, His orders are woundy particular. 1829― Jrnl. 19 Apr., We smoked and I became woundy sleepy. 1864Le Fanu Uncle Silas II. 237 He was ‘a woundy ugly customer in a wax, she could tell me.’ β1718Breval Play is the Plot ii. i. 19 And the Jade's a great Fortune, and waundy handsom too into the Bargain. 1791O'Keefe Mod. Antiques i. (1792) 16, I was waundy hungry. B. adj. Very great; extreme.
1681Plain Dealing, Dial. Humphrey & Roger 1/1 By the Mass, Hodge, thou say'st well, I have a woundy mind to do as thou say'st, but [etc.]. 1702Farquhar Twin-Rivals v. iii, You must know Sir, there is a Neighbour's Daughter that I had a woundy Kindness for. 1718Breval Play is the Plot ii. i. 11 And has she such a waundy deal of Wit, do you say Sir? 1794Godwin Caleb Williams 37 So he flew into a woundy passion and threatened to horsewhip me. 1836T. Hook G. Gurney I. 213 You'll kill a woundy sight on 'em, I think, at that distance. 1888F. Cowper Capt. Wight 218 They castle folk be a woundy lot of gallants. |