dampy

adj — 2 senses

dampy

adj

/ˈdæmpi/

Etymology From damp + -y.

1

Obsolete Somewhat damp.

2

Obsolete Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful.

  • Dispel dampy thoughts.
  • 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 made1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, reprint edition, published 1876, song 7:
Derived terms
dampiness

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