dampy

English

Etymology

damp +‎ -y

Adjective

dampy (comparative more dampy, superlative most dampy)

  1. (obsolete) Somewhat damp.
  2. (obsolete) Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful.
    • Dispel dampy thoughts.
    • Michael Drayton
      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 made
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