mangey [meyn-jee] Examples adjective, man·gi·er, man·gi·est.
mangy or man·gey [meyn-jee] adjective, man·gi·er, man·gi·est.
- having, caused by, or like the mange.
- contemptible; mean: a mangy trick.
- squalid; shabby: a mangy little suburb.
Origin of mangy First recorded in 1520–30; mange + -y1 Related formsman·gi·ly, adverbman·gi·ness, noun Examples from the Web for mangey Historical Examples of mangey
It was one of those little one-ring affairs, you know, with a mangey camel, and a moth-eaten lion and a troop of trained dogs.
Ralph Henry Barbour
Of course, the mangey creature—ceasing the while from its perennial self-scratching—will hoot something derogatory.
Percy Fitzgerald
British Dictionary definitions for mangey mangey adjective -gier or -giest
- a variant spelling of mangy
mangy mangey adjective -gier or -giest
- having or caused by mangea mangy dog
- scruffy or shabbya mangy carpet
- Irish informal stingy or miserlya mangy reward
Derived Formsmangily, adverbmanginess, noun Word Origin and History for mangey mangy adj.