plyg
English
Etymology
From polygamist, in reference to the Mormon practice (which has been discontinued by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) of polygamy (plural marriage).
Noun
plyg (plural plygs)
- (slang, offensive) A fundamentalist Mormon.
- Members of the fundamentalist plyg movement are "Mormon" but are not LDS.
- The schoolgirl drew stares from outsiders because of her long pastel dress and upswept hairdo, and her brother once got into a fistfight with a group of Gentile and LDS boys who had been taunting him and his sister, calling them "plygs".
Welsh
Etymology
Back formation from plygu (“to bend; to fold, to crease”).
Derived terms
- plygell (“folder”)
Adjective
plyg (feminine singular plyg, plural plyg, equative cyn plyg, comparative mwy plyg, superlative mwyaf plyg)
Derived terms
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