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. [1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪn.dʒi/

dingy (comparative dingier, superlative dingiest)

1. drab; shabby; dirty; squalid

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• (drab): dismal, drab, dreary, gloomy, grimy

• (drab): bright, clean

• dingily
• dinginess

dingy (plural dingies)

1. Alternative form of dinghy

• dingy at OneLook Dictionary Search
• dingy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• dying