dingy

Betekenis (Engels)

Tegenovergesteld aan
bright, pristine
Frequentie

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈdɪn.d͡ʒi/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

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

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