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MANGY (mangier, mangiest)
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, mangiest Dictionary entry overview: What does mangy mean?
• MANGY (adjective)
The adjective MANGY has 1 sense:
1. having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap
Familiarity information: MANGY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: mangiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap
Synonyms:
mangey; mangy
Context example:
a mangy old fur coat
Similar:
worn (affected by wear; damaged by long use)
Derivation:
mange (a persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects domestic animals (and sometimes people))
manginess (a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing)
Context examples
What else was it possible to infer from what you said, you unkind creature, when you know as well as I do, that on his account only last quarter I wouldn't buy myself a new parasol, though that old green one is frayed the whole way up, and the fringe is perfectly mangy?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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