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din⋅gy

  [din-jee]
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–adjective, -gi⋅er, -gi⋅est.
1. of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness.
2. shabby; dismal.
Origin:
1730–40; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
din⋅gi⋅ly, adverb
din⋅gi⋅ness, noun
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din·gy 1   (dĭn'jē)   
adj.   din·gi·er, din·gi·est
  1. Darkened with smoke and grime; dirty or discolored.
  2. Shabby, drab, or squalid.

[Possibly from Middle English dinge, dung, variant of dung; see dung.]
din'gi·ly adv., din'gi·ness n.
ding·y 2   (dĭng'ē)   
adj.   Slang
Crazy; insane.

[ding1 + -y1.]
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Dingy

Din"gy\, a. [Compar. Dingier; superl. Dingiest.] [Prob. fr. dung. Cf. Dungy.] Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty. "Scraps of dingy paper." --Macaulay.
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Language Translation for : dingy
Spanish: sucio, sórdido,
German: schäbig,
Japanese: うすぎたない
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dingy 
1736, Kentish dialect, "dirty," of uncertain origin, but probably related to dung.
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