Mardy

 [mahr-dee]

mar·dy

  [mahr-dee] British Dialect
adjective, mar·di·er, mar·di·est.
1.
grumpy or moody; sulky: She's behaving like a typical mardy teenager, refusing to tell us what's wrong.
noun
2.
a grumpy mood; a sulk: He's a good old chap, but he sometimes comes home in a mardy after stopping at the pub.

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Mardy is always a great word to know.
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Origin:
< British dialect mard ‘spoiled; spoiled child’ (alteration of marred, past tense of mar) + -y1
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mardy (ˈmɑːdɪ)
 
—adj
1.  (of a child) spoilt
2.  irritable
 
[from marred, past participle of mar]

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