Sc. [f. WORD sb. + -Y3.] A little or slight word.
1718. Ramsay, Christ’s Kirk Gr., III. xx. She her man like a lammy led Hame, wi’ a well-wail’d wordy.
1785. Burns, To Rev. J. M‘Math, iii. A pack … Wha … Can easy, wi’ a single wordie, Lowse hell upon me.
a. 1840. Joanna Baillie, Song, Woo’d & Married, 38. Weel waled were his wordies.
