mungyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈmʌn(d)ʒi/, U.S.

/ˈmən(d)ʒi/

Forms: 1600s– mungy; English regional 1800s mongy, 1800s mungey, 1800s– mungi.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps related to mug v.¹, mug n.⁴, muggish adj., muggy adj.¹

†1. Dark, gloomy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective]

duneOE

thestera900

thestria900

wana1000

darkfulOE

fadec1290

obscurousa1492

black-faced1562

murkyc1590

gloomy1594

tenebrous1599

solemn1604

overcast1616

mungy1632

shady1746

sombrous1754

sombre1760

gloomyish1821

gloomfula1849

ebonine1881

1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids iii. 81 Mungy clouds o'respread the skie most black.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes v. v. 262 Disperse these plague-distilling Clouds, and cleare My mungy Soule into a glorious day.

2. Moist, damp; mouldy; = muggy adj.¹ 2. Now English regional.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > mouldy or musty

fennyc1000

vinnyOE

mouleda1250

moulya1398

mouldena1400

spaked1438

vinniedc1450

mouldy1495

hoared1496

mustyc1503

foisty1519

mocha1522

hoary1530

hoar1544

mouldeda1552

mowsy1566

foistied1572

fustied1576

spaky1590

musted1632

mouldish1648

emucid1656

mucid1656

mungy1658

mouldly1678

foisted1688

mothery1697

vinnewya1722

rusty-fustya1790

musty-fusty1857

mucidous1866

blue-vinnied1880

blue-veined1898

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > musty or mouldy

fennyc1000

vinnyOE

mouleda1250

moulya1398

mouldena1400

spaked1438

vinniedc1450

mouldy1495

hoared1496

mustyc1503

foisty1519

hoary1530

moskin1531

hoar1544

mouldeda1552

foistied1572

mustied1572

fustied1576

spaky1590

mildewed1605

musted1632

mucid1656

mungy1658

foisted1688

vinnewya1722

mochy1825

musty-smelling1852

musty-fusty1857

1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 4 The rotten sticks and mungy stuffe to be found under old wood piles.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 10 Scatter a little mungy, half-rotten Littier, Fearn, Bean-hame, or old Leaves among them.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 384 Round the Stem of the Tree to raise a small Hill about two Foot thick,..which cover with Stones, Tiles, or mungy Straw, to keep it moist.

a1903 J. W. Burgon in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 206/1 [Bedfordshire] We cannot make lace when our hands are mungy.

1923 E. Gepp Essex Dial. Dict. (ed. 2) 79 Mungy, of soil, wet, sticky.

3. Originally and chiefly English regional. Of weather: muggy, close; (also) foggy; damp. Cf. muggy adj.¹ 1a.Quot. 1985 purportedly describes a re-coinage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > oppressively still or close

mocha1522

faint1525

close1591

clit1610

muggy1638

pothery1696

mochy1794

mucky1804

mungy1809

sulky1817

sticky1855

languorous1887

soggy1897

1809 T. Batchelor Orthoëpical Anal. Dial. Bedfordshire v, in Orthoëpical Anal. Eng. Lang. 138 Mungi, sultry; hot without much sun-shine.

1815 Monthly Mag. 39 125 Essex Dialect..Mongy, foggy.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 42 Mungey, Moist, damp, close. A butcher remarked, ‘The meat won't keep well, we have such mungey weather’.

1898 B. Kirkby Coll. Dial. Words Cumberland & Westmorland Mungy, A warm damp atmosphere 'at maks yan sweet if yan stirs is said ta be mungy.

a1903 B. Kewley in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 205/2 [Westmorland] It's a close mungi neet.

1923 E. Gepp Essex Dial. Dict. (ed. 2) 79 Mungy,..of weather, close and damp.

1985 San Diego Union Tribune (Nexis) 6 June d1 One day I invented a word. Then I used it a couple of times in the column. The word was ‘mungy’ and I used it to describe the weather on a kind of damp, miserable day.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mungyadj.²

Brit.

/ˈmʌŋi/, U.S.

/ˈməŋi/, Canadian English

/ˈmʌŋi/

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mung n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably < mung n.¹ (compare sense 5 at that entry) + -y suffix¹.

North American colloquial.

Unpleasantly messy, soiled, or dirty.

ΚΠ

1989 R. A. Spears Dict. Amer. Slang 248/2 Mungy, gloppy; messy.

1994 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 4 Sept. 2 It beats yelling at the kid all the time about picking up the mungy towels.

1998 Toronto Star (Nexis) 11 Feb. c7 I was hoping for timely hints..on five fun ways to freshen up that mungy luge sled.

2000 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 23 Mar. a18 Ralph Klein might grow a bushy beard and develop a fetish for mungy camouflage gear.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mungy
释义	mungyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈmʌn(d)ʒi/, U.S. /ˈmən(d)ʒi/ Forms: 1600s– mungy; English regional 1800s mongy, 1800s mungey, 1800s– mungi. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps related to mug v.¹, mug n.⁴, muggish adj., muggy adj.¹ †1. Dark, gloomy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] duneOE thestera900 thestria900 wana1000 darkfulOE fadec1290 obscurousa1492 black-faced1562 murkyc1590 gloomy1594 tenebrous1599 solemn1604 overcast1616 mungy1632 shady1746 sombrous1754 sombre1760 gloomyish1821 gloomfula1849 ebonine1881 1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids iii. 81 Mungy clouds o'respread the skie most black. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes v. v. 262 Disperse these plague-distilling Clouds, and cleare My mungy Soule into a glorious day. 2. Moist, damp; mouldy; = muggy adj.¹ 2. Now English regional. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > mouldy or musty fennyc1000 vinnyOE mouleda1250 moulya1398 mouldena1400 spaked1438 vinniedc1450 mouldy1495 hoared1496 mustyc1503 foisty1519 mocha1522 hoary1530 hoar1544 mouldeda1552 mowsy1566 foistied1572 fustied1576 spaky1590 musted1632 mouldish1648 emucid1656 mucid1656 mungy1658 mouldly1678 foisted1688 mothery1697 vinnewya1722 rusty-fustya1790 musty-fusty1857 mucidous1866 blue-vinnied1880 blue-veined1898 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > musty or mouldy fennyc1000 vinnyOE mouleda1250 moulya1398 mouldena1400 spaked1438 vinniedc1450 mouldy1495 hoared1496 mustyc1503 foisty1519 hoary1530 moskin1531 hoar1544 mouldeda1552 foistied1572 mustied1572 fustied1576 spaky1590 mildewed1605 musted1632 mucid1656 mungy1658 foisted1688 vinnewya1722 mochy1825 musty-smelling1852 musty-fusty1857 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 4 The rotten sticks and mungy stuffe to be found under old wood piles. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 10 Scatter a little mungy, half-rotten Littier, Fearn, Bean-hame, or old Leaves among them. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 384 Round the Stem of the Tree to raise a small Hill about two Foot thick,..which cover with Stones, Tiles, or mungy Straw, to keep it moist. a1903 J. W. Burgon in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 206/1 [Bedfordshire] We cannot make lace when our hands are mungy. 1923 E. Gepp Essex Dial. Dict. (ed. 2) 79 Mungy, of soil, wet, sticky. 3. Originally and chiefly English regional. Of weather: muggy, close; (also) foggy; damp. Cf. muggy adj.¹ 1a.Quot. 1985 purportedly describes a re-coinage. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > oppressively still or close mocha1522 faint1525 close1591 clit1610 muggy1638 pothery1696 mochy1794 mucky1804 mungy1809 sulky1817 sticky1855 languorous1887 soggy1897 1809 T. Batchelor Orthoëpical Anal. Dial. Bedfordshire v, in Orthoëpical Anal. Eng. Lang. 138 Mungi, sultry; hot without much sun-shine. 1815 Monthly Mag. 39 125 Essex Dialect..Mongy, foggy. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 42 Mungey, Moist, damp, close. A butcher remarked, ‘The meat won't keep well, we have such mungey weather’. 1898 B. Kirkby Coll. Dial. Words Cumberland & Westmorland Mungy, A warm damp atmosphere 'at maks yan sweet if yan stirs is said ta be mungy. a1903 B. Kewley in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 205/2 [Westmorland] It's a close mungi neet. 1923 E. Gepp Essex Dial. Dict. (ed. 2) 79 Mungy,..of weather, close and damp. 1985 San Diego Union Tribune (Nexis) 6 June d1 One day I invented a word. Then I used it a couple of times in the column. The word was ‘mungy’ and I used it to describe the weather on a kind of damp, miserable day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mungyadj.² Brit. /ˈmʌŋi/, U.S. /ˈməŋi/, Canadian English /ˈmʌŋi/ Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mung n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: Probably < mung n.¹ (compare sense 5 at that entry) + -y suffix¹. North American colloquial. Unpleasantly messy, soiled, or dirty. ΚΠ 1989 R. A. Spears Dict. Amer. Slang 248/2 Mungy, gloppy; messy. 1994 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 4 Sept. 2 It beats yelling at the kid all the time about picking up the mungy towels. 1998 Toronto Star (Nexis) 11 Feb. c7 I was hoping for timely hints..on five fun ways to freshen up that mungy luge sled. 2000 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 23 Mar. a18 Ralph Klein might grow a bushy beard and develop a fetish for mungy camouflage gear. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹1632adj.²1989
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