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Webster 1913 Edition


Dungy

Dung′y

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Adj.
Full of dung; filthy; vile; low.
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Webster 1828 Edition


Dungy

DUNGY

,
Adj.
Full of dung; filthy; vile.

Definition 2024


dungy

dungy

English

Adjective

dungy (comparative dungier, superlative dungiest)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of dung.
    1813, Charles Marshall - A Plain and Easy Introduction to the Knowledge and Practice of Gardening: With Hints on Fish-ponds - Page 354
    ...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. Covered in dung
    1999, J. F. Gracey, David S. Collins, Robert J. Huey - Meat Hygiene page 167
    If, however, excessively dungy animals are offered for transportation, the owner of the animals is requested to clean them.