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dinge.

Dinginess.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɪnd͡ʒ/
  1. Dinginess.

    uncountable
  2. A black person.

    US · countable · dated · slang
Where this word comes from

From dingy.

verb/dɪnd͡ʒ/
  1. to strike, scourge, beat; indent, bruise, knock in

  2. to flog, as in penance

Where this word comes from

From Middle English *dengen, from Old English denġan, denċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *dangijan, from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hit”).

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