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Definition of Muggy
1. Adjective. Hot or warm and humid. "Sticky weather"
Definition of Muggy
1. a. Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw.
Definition of Muggy
1. Adjective. (context: Of the weather, air, etc) humid, or hot and humid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Muggy
1. warm and humid [adj -GIER, -GIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muggy
Literary usage of Muggy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1898)
"When Dr. Quick entered the door he felt rather sorry for coming, but since he
had made an engagement with Mrs. muggy to meet her at the house of Mrs. Lutts, ..."
2. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by John William Cunliffe, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1922)
"A muggy moon shone 5 approached by some one who has tasted intermittently over
us, its bleached rays no food for days. 'What a sight the poor make in the ..."
3. The Log of the Snark by Charmian London (1915)
"... and solaced the muggy hours of work below with many drinks of cocoanut water
and orange juice. Nakata was laid up with a headache in the afternoon— the ..."
4. John Ayscough's Letters to His Mother During 1914, 1915, and 1916 by John Ayscough (1919)
"It is very heavy, muggy weather and I can scarcely keep my eyes open, so I shall
not attempt a real letter now; but will take this to the post (it has to be ..."
5. A Vocabulary, Or Collection of Words and Phrases which Have Been Supposed to by John Pickering (1816)
"In this country, the term muggy is applied to the -weather only; ... Dr.
Johnson gives the following example: " Cover with muggy straw to keep it moist. ..."
6. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1898)
"When Dr. Quick entered the door he felt rather sorry for coming, but since he
had made an engagement with Mrs. muggy to meet her at the house of Mrs. Lutts, ..."
7. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by John William Cunliffe, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1922)
"A muggy moon shone 5 approached by some one who has tasted intermittently over
us, its bleached rays no food for days. 'What a sight the poor make in the ..."
8. The Log of the Snark by Charmian London (1915)
"... and solaced the muggy hours of work below with many drinks of cocoanut water
and orange juice. Nakata was laid up with a headache in the afternoon— the ..."
9. John Ayscough's Letters to His Mother During 1914, 1915, and 1916 by John Ayscough (1919)
"It is very heavy, muggy weather and I can scarcely keep my eyes open, so I shall
not attempt a real letter now; but will take this to the post (it has to be ..."
10. A Vocabulary, Or Collection of Words and Phrases which Have Been Supposed to by John Pickering (1816)
"In this country, the term muggy is applied to the -weather only; ... Dr.
Johnson gives the following example: " Cover with muggy straw to keep it moist. ..."
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