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mardy¹

  • /ˈmɑːdi/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)di

Where it comes from

Probably from marred + -y.

adjective mardier · mardiest

  1. Midlands, Yorkshire Sulky or whining. He's a mardy child.
  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?

noun mardies

  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.

Mardy²

Where it comes from

From Welsh.

proper noun

  1. A suburban village north of Abergavenny in Llantilio Pertholey community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO3015).

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"mardy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mardy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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mardy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mardy

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"mardy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mardy.

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@misc{mardy_2026,
  title = {mardy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mardy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}