wind-bibber

noun · 17th century

A delightful way to describe something that seems to survive on nothing but fresh air.

A person or thing that is constantly exposed to the wind.

In the wild

“That old oak, a long-standing wind-bibber, leaned precariously after the storm.”

Origin

Compound of wind and bibber, from the verb bib to drink, implying one who 'drinks in' the wind.