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Definition of muggy adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

muggy

adjective

/ˈmʌɡi/

/ˈmʌɡi/

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(of weather) warm and slightly wet in an unpleasant way synonym close2
- a muggy August day
Topics Weatherc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Muggy is used with these nouns:
night
weather
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Word Originmid 18th cent.: from dialect mug ‘mist, drizzle’, from Old Norse mugga.

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