maungy
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
maungy (comparative more maungy, superlative most maungy)
- Obsolete form of mangy.
- a. 1529, John Skelton, Howe the Douty Duke of Albany:
- Lyke pygges and lyke hogges
And lyke maungy dogges
- (British, Yorkshire, especially of a child) Sulky, bad-tempered, or peevish.
- Synonym: mardy
References[edit]
“maungy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.