dampy

English

Alternative forms

  • dampie (obsolete)

Etymology

From damp +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdæmpi/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æmpi

Adjective

dampy (comparative more dampy, superlative most dampy)

  1. (obsolete) Somewhat damp.
  2. (obsolete) Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful.
    Dispel dampy thoughts.
    • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion‎[1], reprint edition, published 1876, song 7:
      For, in the easy Vale if she be set below, no
      What is she but obscure ? and her more dampy shade
      And covert, but a den for beasts of ravin made

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