Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muggy

/ˈmʌɡi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
mug-gy
IPA
/ˈmʌɡi/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Humid, or hot and humid.

adj

Wet or mouldy.

Obsolete

adj

Drunk.

Obsolete; Slang

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Etymology

From dialectal English mug (“fog, mist; Scotch mist”) + -y, ultimately from Old Norse mugga (“drizzle, mist”); borrowed some time before 1390, when a derived verb, Middle English mugen (“of a fog: to drizzle”), is attested.

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How do you pronounce muggy?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmʌɡi/.
What does muggy mean?
Humid, or hot and humid.
Where does muggy come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

How to pronounce muggy

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