Breezy means pleasantly windy. A breezy afternoon, breezy and bright, a breezy walk.
The pleasantness is part of it — breezy is a compliment where windy is a complaint, describing the same air moving. Of a manner it means cheerfully casual: a breezy reply. Note breeze, and the phrase breeze in, meaning to arrive without effort or ceremony.
1adjectivebreezyPleasantly windy.
“It was a bright, breezy day, perfect for flying kites on the hill.”
2adjectivecheerfullyCheerfully casual.
“Her breezy manner put the nervous patients at ease.”
breezy is a quality of wind or manner.
Middle English
brees — wind
English
breeze
English, today
breezy
Built from
From breeze + -y. breeze comes from the earlier (nautical) term brise, brize (“breeze”), from Middle English brees (“wind”). Ultimate origin unknown. Variously supposed to derive from a gem - source like stq Briese (“breeze”), West Frisian brys (“a cool wind”), Dutch bries (“breeze”), early Dutch brysen (“to blow cool and fresh”), or from Spanish brisa (“northeast wind”). The earliest attestations are in Middle English brees (1460), Catalan brisa, and Italian brezza (all in 15th century), with Spanish (1504) and Portuguese briza (16th century) following closely after. The aforementioned Dutch cognates and French brise, however, are attested later than the term in English. The only internal hypothesis for any of those languages is a modification of Old Occitan bisa (“strong wind”), which is not widely accepted.
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