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語源

From mould +‎ -y.

発音

• IPA: /ˈmoʊldi/
• 韻: -əʊldi

形容詞

mouldy (comparative mouldier or more mouldy, superlative mouldiest or most mouldy)

1. Covered with mould.

   Synonyms: mouldering, mucid, rotten

2. (figurative) Showing signs of neglect; disused.

   Synonyms: disused, hoary, neglected; see also Thesaurus:obsolete

3. (UK, colloquial) Worthless; lousy; rotten.

   Synonyms: draffy, junky, two-bit; see also Thesaurus:worthless

   • 2014, Patricia Combs, Café Paradise:

     '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. (obsolete, slang, derogatory) Gray-headed, whether from age or hair powder.

   Synonyms: grizzly, hoary, silver-haired; see also Thesaurus:grey-haired

   • 1820, Satirical and Political Pamphlets, page 27:

     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; […]

派生語

関連する語

• mould

参照

• (gray-headed): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

名詞

mouldy (plural mouldies)

1. (UK, naval slang, dated) A torpedo.
   • 2021, Bennet Copplestone, The Silent Watchers: England's Navy during the Great War

     I knew something of gunnery once, but now I'm on the shelf. I myself would risk the mouldies and fight at close quarters—we have the legs of Fritz and could choose our own range—but in-fighting means tremendous risks, and the dear stupid old public would howl for my head if the corresponding losses followed.