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. (British, Yorkshire, especially of a child) Sulky, bad-tempered, or peevish.
    Synonym: mardy
    Get thisen to bed, thee maungy little tyke, Aw've tell'd thee time an agean!

References

“maungy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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