seedy adj

1 full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig" [ant: seedless]

2 shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain [syn: scruffy]

3 morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal" [syn: seamy, sleazy, sordid, squalid]

4 weak and feeble; "I'm feeling seedy today" [syn: debilitated, enfeebled, infirm] [also: seediest, seedier]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːdi

Homophones

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Adjective

1. disreputable; run-down

   The healing power of alcohol only works on scrapes and nicks ;; and not on girls in seedy bars who drown themselves in it. (from "Choice Hops and Bottled Self Esteem by Bayside)

2. full of seeds

   pomegranates are as seedy as any fruit you are likely to see.

3. untidy; unkempt

   His seedy, dirt-smudged visage caused her to look at him askance.

4. infirm; gone to seed

   With her aching back and pronounced limp, she was feeling particularly seedy today.

Translations

Seedy is an album by the ska punk group Operation Ivy. The album was released in 1996 on Karma Kredit Records. Karma Kredit was a pseudonym for David Hayes' Very Small Records label. All releases are currently out of print and occasionally surface on ebay.

The album in its entirety can be downloaded from operationivy.com, though as an unofficial bootleg.

Track listing

1. Healthy Body (Uncut Version)
2. Someday
3. Plea For Peace
4. Trouble Bound
5. Uncertain
6. Hangin' Out
7. Left Behind
8. Old Friendships
9. Hedgecore
10. Steppin' Out
11. The End (outro)

Production Notes

Intro: Recorded in Manhattan

Tracks 1-3: Recorded November 27, 1987. Rough Mixes from "Hectic" Session.

Tracks 4-7 and 10: Recorded August 24, 1987. Gilman Demo

Track 8: Recorded March 17, 1988. Live on FM 88.7 KSPC Radio Station in Claremont, CA.

Track 9: Recorded April 21, 1988. Live on WFMU Radio Station

Track 11: Recorded in Kansas

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