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mardy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɑːdi/ (UK)
• (UK) audio

Etymology

Probably from marred + -y.

Meanings

1. (Midlands, Yorkshire, qualifier:chiefly Lancashire) Sulky or whining.
   • He's a mardy child.
   • When our Jonathan’s poorly...he’s mardy, very mardy.... 1984 Food, Health, and Identity, Patricia Caplan http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=BQNo4iK0QRAC&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&sig=WSvTrhLM5ZsqucAxAXBZQPfJa-I [1997 edition]
   • “I wouldn’t be such a mardy baby,” said his wife shortly. 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Casting Off of Morel—The Taking On of William”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part I, page 47:
2. (East-Midlands, Yorkshire) Non-cooperative, bad-tempered or terse in communication; grumpy.
   • Well, now then mardy bum / Oh, I'm in trouble again, aren't I? 2006, Alex Turner, “Mardy Bum”, performed by Arctic Monkeys:

Forms

Deriveds

mardiness · mardily · mardarse

mardy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɑːdi/ (UK)
• (UK) audio

Etymology

Probably from marred + -y.

Meanings

1. (Midlands, Yorkshire) A sulky, whiny mood; a fit of petulance.
   • Sometimes my mum’s in a mardy and she says she doesn’t care about us — but she does really. 2001, Creating a Safe Place, NCH Children and Families Project http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=Z_it9hcSUWsC&pg=PA87&lpg=PA87&sig=HVq97Wzcn-4XqYc0kSVXoUyP1vQ [2003 edition]

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