Word of the Day 01/29/21 Mardy
Mardy (adjective, noun)
mardy [ mahr-dee ]
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.
Origin: < British dialect mard ‘spoiled; spoiled child’ (alteration of marred, past tense of mar) + -y
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB FOR MARDY
And you know what Mardy let slip one day about the parental Brown and his remarkably good cobbling!
THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE|MARION AMES TAGGART
Mardy, you know it must have cost at least three dollars—both of it.
THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE|MARION AMES TAGGART
"I suppose I might go to market with these foolish but spotless giraffes, Mardy," said Rob.
THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE|MARION AMES TAGGART
I really think, Mardy, if we could emigrate, we ought to; it's enough to turn a saint into a tiger to have such visits so often.
THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE|MARION AMES TAGGART
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
mardy [ mahr-dee ]
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.
Origin: < British dialect mard ‘spoiled; spoiled child’ (alteration of marred, past tense of mar) + -y
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB FOR MARDY
And you know what Mardy let slip one day about the parental Brown and his remarkably good cobbling!
THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE|MARION AMES TAGGART
Mardy, you know it must have cost at least three dollars—both of it.
THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE|MARION AMES TAGGART
"I suppose I might go to market with these foolish but spotless giraffes, Mardy," said Rob.
THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE|MARION AMES TAGGART
I really think, Mardy, if we could emigrate, we ought to; it's enough to turn a saint into a tiger to have such visits so often.
THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE|MARION AMES TAGGART
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
