2. Adjective. (chiefly East Midlands) Non-co-operative, bad tempered or terse in communication. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mardy
1. to behave like a spoilt child [v MARDIED, MARDYING, MARDIES] / petulant [adj MARDIER, MARDIEST] - See also: petulant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mardy
Literary usage of Mardy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Register of Selattyn, Shropshire by Selattyn, England (Parish), Selattyn, Owen, Shropshire (1906)
"Lancashire, 366 mardy, p. Whittington (Maerdy), 188, 246, 268, 242, 251, 265,
267*, 268, 299, 326, 343. ..."
2. The History of Merthyr Tydfil by Charles Wilkins (1908)
"By tradition, and, it must also be added, documentary evidence, it would appear
that the occupiers, during the 16th century, of the mardy, ..."
3. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the by Reuben Gold Thwaites, Jesuits (1899)
"... apres les Vespres & le lundy, & le mardy a 4. h. precisement, ... les deux
autres lours on chanta en outre le Lundy le miserere, & le mardy ..."
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