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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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mard
English
Verb
mard (third-person singular simple present mards, present participle marding, simple past and past participle marded)
- (Yorkshire) To cosset (a child)
Anagrams
- AMDR, Adm'r, DRAM, RADM, RAdm, arm'd, dram
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- marjad
Etymology
mar +? -d
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?rd]
- Hyphenation: mard
- Rhymes: -?rd
Verb
mard
- second-person singular subjunctive present definite of mar
Usage notes
This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:
- mard (…) meg, meg … mard ? megmard ? megmar
- and some more, see its derivatives with verbal prefixes.
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ?????? (mara?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mart/
- Homophone: mart
Noun
mard m (plural mardiet or mardijiet)
- illness, disease
Related terms
- marad
- marid
- marrad
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