maungy

English

Adjective

maungy (comparative more maungy, superlative most maungy)

  1. Obsolete form of mangy.
    • a. 1529, John Skelton, Howe the Douty Duke of Albany
      Lyke pygges and lyke hogges
      And lyke maungy dogges
  2. (Britain, Yorkshire, especially of a child) Sulky, bad-tempered, or peevish.
    Synonym: mardy

References

maungy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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