different between hardy vs mardy
hardy
English
Etymology
From Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (“hardy, daring, stout, bold”). Old French hardi is usually regarded as the past participle of hardir ("to harden, be bold, make bold"; compare Occitan ardir, Italian ardire), from Frankish *hardijan; but it may also have come directly from Frankish *hardi, a secondary form of Frankish *hard (compare Old High German harti, herti, secondary forms of Old High German hart (“hard”)); or even yet from Frankish *hardig (compare Middle Low German herdich (“persevering”), Old Danish hærdig, Norwegian herdig, Swedish härdig (“vigorous, courageous”)). Cognate with hard. May have at some point also been surface analysed as hard + -y.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h??di/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??di/
- Rhymes: -??(?)di
Adjective
hardy (comparative hardier, superlative hardiest)
- Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
- (botany) Able to survive adverse growing conditions.
- A hardy plant is one that can withstand the extremes of climate, such as frost.
- 2012, David L. Culp, The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage, Timber Press, page 503:
- By watching where the snow melted first, I discovered warmer spots that I knew would be possible locations for late-winter bloomers or borderline hardy plants.
- Brave and resolute.
- Impudent.
Synonyms
- robust
- rugged
- strong
Derived terms
- half-hardy
- hardily
- hardiness
- cold hardy
- hardihead
- hardihood
Related terms
- foolhardy
Translations
Noun
hardy (plural hardies)
- (usually in the plural) Anything, especially a plant, that is hardy.
- A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
Anagrams
- Hydra, hydra
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French hardi.
Adjective
hardy m (feminine singular hardye, masculine plural hardys, feminine plural hardyes)
- hardy (having rugged physical strength)
Descendants
- French: hardi
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *g?rd?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xar.d?/
Adjective
hardy (comparative bardziej hardy, superlative najbardziej hardy, adverb hardo)
- haughty, supercilious, arrogant
- Synonyms: dumny, butny
Declension
Derived terms
- (noun) hardo??
Further reading
- hardy in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- hardy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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mardy
English
Etymology
Probably from marred +? -y.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m??di/
- Rhymes: -??(r)di
Adjective
mardy (comparative mardier, superlative mardiest)
- (chiefly Lancashire, Yorkshire and Midlands) Sulky or whining.
- He's a mardy child.
- (chiefly East Midlands) Non-co-operative, bad-tempered or terse in communication.
Usage notes
Used throughout the English Midlands and in some parts of Yorkshire.
Frequently combined with other words forming common phrases such as "mardy bum", "mardy cow" and "mardy bugger" [1]. Sometimes shortened to "mard" particular when used in certain phrases such as "mard arse" or "mard on" (as in "he's got a mard on" to mean he's in a bad mood). Used throughout the East Midlands and some parts of Yorkshire, particularly in Hull and Sheffield. Maungy has the same meaning in most other parts of Yorkshire and east Lancashire, i.e. "he has a maunge on".
Quotations
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 2
- “I wouldn’t be such a mardy baby,” said his wife shortly.
- 1984 Food, Health, and Identity, Patricia Caplan [2] [1997 edition]
- When our Jonathan’s poorly...he’s mardy, very mardy....
Noun
mardy (plural mardies)
- (chiefly Yorkshire and Midlands) A sulky, whiny mood; a fit of petulance.
- 2001, Creating a Safe Place, NCH Children and Families Project [3] [2003 edition]
- Sometimes my mum’s in a mardy and she says she doesn’t care about us — but she does really.
- 2001, Creating a Safe Place, NCH Children and Families Project [3] [2003 edition]
Anagrams
- Madry
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