breezy

adj
/ˈbɹiːzi/

Etymology

From breeze + -y.

  1. derived from *bʰerem- — “to make a noise, buzz, hum
  2. inherited from *bremusī — “gadfly
  3. inherited from brēosa
  4. inherited from brese
  5. formed as breezy — “breeze + -y

Definitions

  1. With a breeze blowing, with a lively wind, pleasantly windy.

    • I know the shadiest breeziest spots, hidden tables surrounded by trees that have lived longer than the neighborhoods around them.
  2. With a cheerful, casual, lively and light-hearted manner.

    • It used to be so easy living here with you / You were light and breezy and I knew just what to do / Now you look so unhappy and I feel like a fool
    • Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
    • “Let Them All Talk” is as breezy as an ocean cruise (pre-Covid), and mostly a welcome excuse to enjoy its three septuagenarian leads – Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest – as they banter their way across the Atlantic.
  3. A young woman.

    • Then you got the Heartless Hustlas. This narcissist doesn't give a damn about anybody including himself. He usually messes with gutter breezies that he can manipulate 'cause she aint got nothin' goin' for herself no way.
    • 2018, Clifford "Spud" Johnson, Won't Stop I know you haven't brought any of these breezies to the place where I'll be staying, Cotton?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for breezy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA