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▪ I. muggy, n. dial.|ˈmʌgɪ|
[Alteration of Moggie, Maggie: cf. peggy n.2]
(Also muggy-cut-throat.) The white-throat, Sylvia cinera; also the lesser white-throat, Sylvia curruca.
1829Brockett N.C. Words (ed. 2), Muggy, the white-throat. 1831J. Rennie Montagu's Ornith. Dict. 538 White throat...Muggy-Cut-Throat. 1894Newton Dict. Birds iii. 601.
▪ II. muggy, a.|ˈmʌgɪ|
[f. mug n.4 or v.1 + -y.]
1. Mouldy, moist, damp, wet. Obs. exc. dial.
1731Bailey vol. II, Muggy, inclinable to be musty, or to smell so. 1902Daily Chron. 25 Oct. 7/6 Was it [the meat] not slimy, and did it not smell?—The Defendant: Oh, it's what we call ‘muggy’ in the trade. That only has to be wiped off, and then it's all right.
2. Of weather (also of a day, season, place, etc.): Damp, close and warm.
1746in W. Thompson R.N. Advoc. (1757) 24 The Salters complained the Weather was hot and muggy. 1782F. Burney Cecilia v. ix, Weather quite muggy. 1851D. Jerrold St. Giles viii. 72 He heard a far-off voice roar through the muggy air. 1891T. Hardy Tess xxix, The evening, though sunless, had been warm and muggy for the season.
b. Close, stifling.
1820J. H. Reynolds Fancy (1906) 51 His two rooms are naked, dun and muggy. 1906Pall Mall G. 19 Mar. 10/1 The ‘muggy’ smell so generally noticeable in lodging-houses and barrack-rooms. |