moggy

Meaning

Noun

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A domestic cat, especially (depreciative or derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete, regional) Synonym of girl: a female child or young woman.
3. (Midlands, Northern-England, derogatory, rare, regional) Synonym of slattern: an unkempt or badly-dressed woman.
4. (Midlands, Northern-England, rare, regional) Synonym of scarecrow.
5. (Midlands, rare, regional) Synonym of calf.
6. (East-Midlands, dated) A mouse.
7. (Yorkshire) A kind of cake made with ginger, treacle, etc.

Adj

Irrational, out of touch

Synonyms

moggie

Translations

micio

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɒ.ɡi/

Etymology

Unknown, but probably originally Mog + -y, a Scots or Northern English variant of maggie (“girl”), from Maggie, a diminutive of Margaret and Margery. First attested in reference to mongrel cats in Cockney.