dunghilly

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a dunghill.

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Meanings

adjectivedunghilly (comparative more dunghilly, superlative most dunghilly)

comparative more dunghilly · superlative most dunghilly

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dunghill.

    Hours in the stables, learning to talk horsy and smell dunghilly.

    1872, Charles Reade, A Terrible Temptation, page 213

Origin

From dunghill + -y.

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APA

dunghilly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunghilly

MLA

“dunghilly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunghilly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dunghilly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunghilly.

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