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.

   Get thisen to bed tha maungy little tyke, Aw've tell'd thee time an agean!

   Synonym: mardy

References

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

Anagrams

• guyman