dingy

Betekenis (Engels)

1. dark, dull
2. shabby, squalid, uncared-for

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈdɪn.d͡ʒi/

From English dialectal (Kentish) dingy (“dirty”), of unknown origin, though probably from an unrecorded Middle English *dingy, *düngy, from Old English *dyncgiġ (“covered with dung, dirty”), an umlaut form of Old English duncge, dung (“dung”), equivalent to dung + -y.

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