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Dungy

//ˈdʌŋi// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of dung.

    "[…] 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. 2
    Covered in dung

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

Etymology

From Middle English dongy, donky, dungy, equivalent to dung + -y. Probably a doublet of dingy.

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