dampy

English

Alternative forms

• dampie (obsolete)

Etymology

From damp +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæmpi/

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• 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, 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

Derived terms

• dampiness