dingy
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪn.d͡ʒi/
The English word “dingy” has 3 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Dark, dull.
- Shabby, squalid, uncared-for.
- Resembling or characteristic of a ding (the sound).
Etymology
From English dialectal (Kentish) dingy (“dirty”), of unknown origin, though probably from Middle English *dingy, dungy, from Old English *dyncgiġ (“covered with dung, dirty”), an umlaut form of duncge, dung (“dung”), equivalent to dung + -y, hence a doublet of dungy.
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