Dingy Definition
dĭnjē
dingier, dingiest
adjective
dingier, dingiest
Dirty-colored; not bright or clean; grimy.
Webster's New World
Darkened with smoke or grime.
American Heritage
Dismal; shabby.
Webster's New World
Mentally deranged; crazy.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
Alternative form of dinghy.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Dingy
Noun
Singular:
dingy
Plural:
dingiesAdjective
Base Form:
dingy
Comparative:
dingier
Superlative:
dingiestOrigin of Dingy
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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.
From Wiktionary
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Possibly from Middle English dinge dung variant of dung dung
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
ding –y
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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