muddy
Betekenis (English)
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- Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
- Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.
- Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.
- Soiled with feces.
- Of an animal or plant: growing or living in mud.
- Dirty, filthy.
- Not clear.
- Not clear.
- Not clear.
- Not clear.
- Not clear.
- Not clear.
- Not clear.
- Originally, morally or religiously wrong; corrupt, sinful; now, morally or legally dubious; shady, sketchy.
- Of a person or their facial expression: angry, sad, or sulky.
- (obsolete) Slightly drunk; tipsy.
Concepten
modderig
bemodderd
slijkerig
modderachtig
drabbig
gronderig
bemodderen
blubberig
Synonyms
be murky
become strong
make muddy
mud-stained
mud-caked
be muddy
soft ground
be cloudy
wet and dirty
covered with dirt
filled with mud
Frequentie
Met koppelteken als
mud‧dy
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈmʌdi/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English muddi, moddy, muddy (“covered with or full of mud, muddy”), from mud, mudde (“mud; turbid water”) + -i (suffix forming adjectives). Mud, mudde is possibly borrowed from Middle Dutch modde, and/or Middle Low German modde, mudde, from Proto-Germanic *mud-, *mudra- (“mud”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew- (“moist”). The English word is analysable as mud + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives). Doublet of muddle. The verb is derived from the adjective. cognates * Middle Low German moddich, muddich (German Low German muddig (“muddy; mouldy”))
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