windmilly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

windmill +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

windmilly (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Having many windmills.
    • 1885, George Henry Boughton, Sketching Rambles in Holland, page 50:
      The whole united industry seemed to be thriving and flourishing, too; and when a windmilly town does flourish, it is (from a flourishy point of view) a thing to remember.
    • 1895, Charles Dickens, The Uncommercial Traveller, page 149:
      A windmilly country this, though the windmills are so damp and rickety, […]
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