Associations to the word «Mangy»

Wiktionary

MANGY, adjective. Afflicted with mange.
MANGY, adjective. Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit.

Dictionary definition

MANGY, adjective. Having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap; "a mangy carpet"; "a mangy old fur coat".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats