mouldy
/ˈmoʊldi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "'Go cuddle up to your mouldy old papers,' she shouted at him. 'See how warm they'll keep you.' She slammed the door and made to walk off."
- "Let him be great, as e'er he will, / He's rotten at the heart's core still; / Yet counsel from his mouldy pate, / Supports the trembling chair of state, / And scatters with unsparing hand, / A thousand miseries o'er the land; […]"
- "I knew something of gunnery once, but now I'm on the shelf. I myself would risk the mouldies and fight at close quarters—we have the legs of Fritz and could choose our own range—but in-fighting means tremendous risks, and the dear stupid old public would howl for my head if the corresponding losses followed."
Etymology
Etymology tree English mould Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English mouldy From mould + -y.
Usage
- British usage
- Colloquial
- Derogatory
- Obsolete
- Slang
- Dated
Inflected Forms
mouldier (comparative)
more mouldy (comparative)
mouldiest (superlative)
most mouldy (superlative)
moldy (alternative, US)
mouldies (plural)