mangey

[meyn-jee]

adjective, man·gi·er, man·gi·est.

mangy.

mangy

or man·gey

[meyn-jee]

adjective, man·gi·er, man·gi·est.

having, caused by, or like the mange.

contemptible; mean: a mangy trick.

squalid; shabby: a mangy little suburb.

Origin of mangy

First recorded in 1520–30; mange + -y¹

Related formsman·gi·ly, adverbman·gi·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for mangey

Historical Examples of mangey

It was one of those little one-ring affairs, you know, with a mangey camel, and a moth-eaten lion and a troop of trained dogs.
Quarter-Back Bates
Ralph Henry Barbour
Of course, the mangey creature—ceasing the while from its perennial self-scratching—will hoot something derogatory.
Pickwickian Studies
Percy Fitzgerald

British Dictionary definitions for mangey

mangey

adjective -gier or -giest

a variant spelling of mangy

mangy

mangey

adjective -gier or -giest

having or caused by mangea mangy dog

scruffy or shabbya mangy carpet

Irish informal stingy or miserlya mangy reward

Derived Formsmangily, adverbmanginess, noun

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Word Origin and History for mangey

mangy

adj.

by 1745, from mange + -y (2).