mardy [mahr-dee]British Dialect ExamplesWord Origin adjective, mar·di·er, mar·di·est.
- grumpy or moody; sulky: She’s behaving like a typical mardy teenager, refusing to tell us what’s wrong.
noun
- a grumpy mood; a sulk: He’s a good old chap, but he sometimes comes home in a mardy after stopping at the pub.
Origin of mardy mard ‘spoiled; spoiled child’ (alteration of marred, past tense of mar) + -y1 Examples from the Web for mardy Historical Examples of mardy
Oh, that’s Mardy all over—always thinking of something for us!
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Mardy, you know it must have cost at least three dollars—both of it.
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Mayn’t I ask the boys and Frances down to-night to rejoice with us, Mardy?
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“You needn’t complain if Mardy doesn’t,” said Prue, sharply.
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“This has done something wonderful for me, Mardy,” she said, slowly.
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British Dictionary definitions for mardy mardy adjective dialect
- (of a child) spoilt
- irritable
Word Origin for mardy from marred, past participle of mar