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hingey

hingey adjective: out of sorts, slightly unwell, ill.

Adjective

hingey (comparative more hingey, superlative most hingey)

  1. Out of sorts, slightly unwell, ill.
    • He then rose from his seat visibly agitated, and placing both hands in his pockets, as was his wont on important and dignified occasions, to show the small boys how much he was at ease, planted himself in a hingey attitude before the small desk of the principal, and began: […]1853, The U.S. Democratic Review, volume 32, page 169
    • The natural line of my somewhat hingey sidearm throw was falling across a rock, snagging and dragging the line.2015, Mark Kingwell, Measure Yourself Against the Earth, page 266

Forms of hingey

comparativemore hingey
superlativemost hingey
alternative formhingy

Origin of hingey

From hinge (“to be in poor health”) + -y.

Questions about hingey

What does hingey mean?
Hingey means out of sorts, slightly unwell, ill.
What part of speech is hingey?
Hingey is an adjective.

Words near hingey in the dictionary

  1. hingers
  2. hinges
  3. hinges on
  4. hinges upon
  5. hingewise
  6. hingey
  7. Hinggan
  8. Hingham
  9. Hinghwa
  10. hinging
  11. hinging on

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