Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Seedy

Weary, worn out, out of sorts; run to seed. A hat or coat is termed seedy when it has become shabby. A man is seedy after a debauch, when he looks and feels out of sorts.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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