Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moggy

/ˈmɑ.ɡi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: mog-gy
IPA: /ˈmɑ.ɡi/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A domestic cat, especially (depreciative or derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.

British usage

noun

Synonym of girl: a female child or young woman.

Obsolete

noun

Synonym of slattern: an unkempt or badly-dressed woman.

Derogatory

noun

Synonym of scarecrow.

noun

Synonym of calf.

noun

Dated

noun

A kind of cake made with ginger, treacle, etc.

adj

Irrational, out of touch

Slang

Example Sentences

"Cockney slang... ‘moggies’ for cats."
"...expect not so fair an enemy as Cromwel, nor such fair quarter as now is given thee: Jockey, Jemmy, and Moggy thy she-souldier, must than all to the sword..."
"...in another Hut, a parcel of Scoth Pedlars and their Moggies, Dancing a Highlanders Jig..."
"Moggy, a slattern, dressed out untidily: 'She did look a moggy.'"
"At Ickwell Green... the May Queen is accompanied by moggies (raggedly dressed women)."
"Yoh! I'm so gatvol of this tjoekie and need a zol to handle these moggy people."

Etymology

Unknown, but probably originally Mog + -y, a Scots or Northern English variant of maggie (“girl”), from Maggie, a diminutive of Margaret and Margery. First attested in reference to mongrel cats in Cockney.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɑ.ɡi/
British English: /ˈmɒ.ɡi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

moggies (plural) moggie (alternative) more moggy (comparative) most moggy (superlative)

Derived Forms

mog

Phrases

go moggy

Frequently Paired Words

mutt

Synonyms

girl slattern scarecrow calf

Questions

How do you pronounce moggy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɑ.ɡi/.
What does moggy mean?: A domestic cat, especially (depreciative or derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.
Where does moggy come from?: Unknown, but probably originally Mog + -y, a Scots or Northern English variant of maggie (“girl”), from Maggie, a diminutive of Margaret and Margery. First attested in reference to mongrel cats in Cockney.

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