Definition of Mardy

1. Adjective. (chiefly East Midlands) Sulky or whining. ¹

2. Adjective. (chiefly East Midlands) Non-co-operative, bad tempered or terse in communication. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mardy

1. to behave like a spoilt child [v MARDIED, MARDYING, MARDIES] / petulant [adj MARDIER, MARDIEST] - See also: petulant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mardy

marcotted
marcotting
marcour
marcs
marcylite
mard
mardana
mardanas
marded
mardied
mardier
mardies
mardiest
marding
mards
mardy (current term)
mardying
mare
mare's-nest
mare's-tail
mare's nest
mare's nests
mare's tail
mare clausum
mare liberum
mare nostrum
mareblob
marecottite
mareel
maremma

Literary usage of Mardy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Register of Selattyn, Shropshire by Selattyn, England (Parish), Selattyn, Owen, Shropshire (1906)
"Lancashire, 366 mardy, p. Whittington (Maerdy), 188, 246, 268, 242, 251, 265, 267*, 268, 299, 326, 343. ..."

2. The History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins (1908)
"By tradition, and, it must also be added, documentary evidence, it would appear that the occupiers, during the 16th century, of the mardy, ..."

3. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the by Reuben Gold Thwaites, Jesuits (1899)
"... apres les Vespres & le lundy, & le mardy a 4. h. precisement, ... les deux autres lours on chanta en outre le Lundy le miserere, & le mardy ..."

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