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Definition of Maungy
1. a. Mangy.
Definition of Maungy
1. Adjective. (obsolete form of mangy) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maungy
1. scabby [adj MAUNGIER, MAUNGIEST] - See also: scabby
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maungy
Literary usage of Maungy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Asiatic Researches; Or, Transactions of the Society, Instituted in Bengal by India) Asiatick Society (Calcutta, Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vernor and Hood (1807)
"... do them justice : a failure on either part dissolves the contract; in fine,
the maungy is no more than a primus inter pares. ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1799)
"As a specimen of his priestly functions, we select the following passages : '
Among the preparations for the ^(raria-festival, the maungy must provide a cow ..."
3. The Reasons of the Laws of Moses: From the "More Nevochim" of Maimonides by Moses Maimonides, James Townley (1827)
"The maungy of every village sacrifices a buffalo annually." On the day appointed,
the maungy sits on a sacred stool, ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"maungy, wlj. mangy: a word common, and used in the peculiar sense of' foolishly
fond, sentimental, peevish at trifles.' At a certain wedding whore tho bride ..."
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