English [ edit ]
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Etymology [ edit ]
From mould + -y .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /ˈmoʊldi/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
Adjective [ edit ]
mouldy (comparative mouldier or more mouldy , superlative mouldiest or most mouldy )
Covered with mould .
Synonym: rotten
Showing signs of neglect ; disused .
Synonyms: disused , neglected
( UK , colloquial ) Worthless ; lousy ; rotten .
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.
( obsolete , slang , derogatory ) Gray-headed , whether from age or hair powder .
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; [ …]
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Translations [ edit ]
covered with mould
Bulgarian: плесенясал (bg) ( plesenjasal )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 發霉的 (zh) ( fāméi de )
Czech: plesnivý (cs) m
Dutch: beschimmeld (nl)
Esperanto: mucida (eo)
Finnish: homeinen (fi)
French: moisi (fr)
Galician: balorento (gl) m
Gallurese: muffìtu
Georgian: ობიანი ( obiani ) , დაობებული ( daobebuli ) , ობმოკიდებული ( obmoḳidebuli ) , ობით დაფარული ( obit daparuli )
German: schimmelig , verschimmelt (de)
Hungarian: penészes (hu)
Indonesian: apak (id) , apek (id)
Italian: ammuffito (it) , mucido (it)
Japanese: かびた (ja) ( kabita )
Kabuverdianu: boloradu , bloróde
Korean: 곰팡이가 핀 ( gompang'iga pin )
Latin: mūcidus
Maori: kāhekaheka , puruhekaheka , pūhekaheka , pōhekaheka , hekaheka , hōpurupuru , hakuhaku
Old English: fyniġ , fyniht
Plautdietsch: bepilzt , schemlich
Polish: spleśniały m
Portuguese: embolorado (pt) , mofado (pt) , bolorento (pt)
Romanian: muced (ro)
Russian: заплесневе́лый (ru) ( zaplesnevélyj ) , заплесневе́вший (ru) ( zaplesnevévšij )
Sardinian:
Campidanese: imbirdigadu
Logudorese: murighinadu
Sassarese: muffìtu , mugaratu
Serbo-Croatian: pljesniv
Spanish: mohoso (es)
Swedish: möglig (sv)
Turkish: küflü (tr)
Vietnamese: mốc (vi) , mốc meo (vi)
Yiddish: פֿאַרשימלט ( farshimlt )
References [ edit ]
( gray-headed ) : 1873 , John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary