dungy

/ˈdʌŋi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

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Meaning

adj

adj

"[…] they may not be drawn up long legged; and by no means to let them have a dungy soil to grow in, or a very rich one […]"
"If, however, excessively dungy animals are offered for transportation, the owner of the animals is requested to clean them."

From Middle English dongy, donky, dungy, equivalent to dung + -y. Probably a doublet of dingy.

dungier (comparative) dungiest (superlative)

youngie

Questions

How do you pronounce dungy?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdʌŋi/.

What does dungy mean?

Resembling or characteristic of dung.

Where does dungy come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

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