Etymology

goundy

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Today it means: Gummy or mattery, as in sore eyes. Full definition →

Middle English goundy ← Old English gundiġ
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  1. Old English · inherited fromgundiġ“goundy, mattery”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromgoundy
  3. English todaygoundy

From Middle English goundy, gundy, from Old English gundiġ (“goundy, mattery”), equivalent to gound + -y. More at gound.

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