Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dingy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dingey \Din"gey\, Dingy \Din"gy\, Dinghy \Din"ghy\, n. [Bengalee
dingi.]
1. A kind of boat used in the East Indies. [Written also
{dinghey}.] --Malcom.
2. A ship's smallest boat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dingy
adj 1: thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's
begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby
little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen" [syn: {begrimed},
{grimy}, {grubby}, {grungy}, {raunchy}]
2: (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;
"dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy)
white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors";
"dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn: {dirty}, {muddied},
{muddy}]
3: depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy
streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens;
"drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy
tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of
death"- B.A.Williams [syn: {dismal}, {drab}, {drear}, {dreary},
{gloomy}, {sorry}]
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