dungy

English

Etymology

dung +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌŋi/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋi

Adjective

dungy (comparative dungier, superlative dungiest)

1. Resembling or characteristic of dung.
   • 1813, Charles Marshall, A Plain and Easy Introduction to the Knowledge and Practice of Gardening: With Hints on Fish-ponds, page 354:

     […] they may not be drawn up long legged; and by no means to let them have a dungy soil to grow in, or a very rich one […]

2. Covered in dung
   • 1999, J. F. Gracey, David S. Collins, Robert J. Huey, Meat Hygiene, page 167:

     If, however, excessively dungy animals are offered for transportation, the owner of the animals is requested to clean them.

Anagrams

• Gundy, gundy, nudgy