mangy

Etymology

From mange + -y.

adj

  1. Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.
  2. (by extension) Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit.
    We stayed in a really mangy hotel in New York.
    Specter Knight: 'YOUR QUEST TO BECOME KING OF CARDS HAS NOT... GONE UNNOTICED.' / King Knight: 'AH, WORD HAS REACHED THE SLUMS, HAS IT? AM I TO TRAVEL WITH AN ENTOURAGE OF MANGY BEGGARS, NOW?' 10 December 2019, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Nintendo 3DS, level/area: Spectral Ravine

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