Dingy Definition

dĭnjē
dingier, dingiest
adjective
dingier, dingiest
Dirty-colored; not bright or clean; grimy.
Webster's New World
Darkened with smoke or grime.
American Heritage
Dismal; shabby.
Webster's New World
Mentally deranged; crazy.
American Heritage
Wiktionary
noun

Alternative form of dinghy.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Dingy

Noun

Singular:
dingy
Plural:
dingies

Adjective

Base Form:
dingy
Comparative:
dingier
Superlative:
dingiest

Origin of Dingy

  • From English dialectal (Kentish) dingy (“dirty”), of unknown origin, though probably from an unrecorded Middle English *dingy, *düngy, from Old English *dyncgiġ (“covered with dung, dirty”), an umlaut form of Old English duncge, dung (“dung”), equivalent to dung +‎ -y.

    From Wiktionary

  • Possibly from Middle English dinge dung variant of dung dung

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • ding –y

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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