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mouldy

adj
/ˈmoʊldi/

Etymology

From mould + -y.

  1. derived from *mewk-✻
  2. derived from *muglōną✻
  3. derived from mygla
  4. inherited from mowlde
  5. formed as mouldy — “mould + -y”

Definitions

  1. Covered with mould.

  2. Showing signs of neglect

    Showing signs of neglect; disused.

  3. Worthless

    Worthless; lousy; rotten.

    • 'Go cuddle up to your mouldy old papers,' she shouted at him. 'See how warm they'll keep you.' She slammed the door and made to walk off.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Gray-headed, whether from age or hair powder.

      • Let him be great, as e'er he will, / He's rotten at the heart's core still; / Yet counsel from his mouldy pate, / Supports the trembling chair of state, / And scatters with unsparing hand, / A thousand miseries o'er the land; […]

    2. A torpedo.

The neighborhood

Derived

mouldily, mouldiness

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at mouldy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01mouldy02lousy03infested04infest05plague06seen07saw08metal09moulded10mould

A definitional loop anchored at mouldy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at mouldy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA