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adjective
Resembling a ring; marked with rings; having rings.
Origin
Late 17th century. From ring + -y.
adjective
Having a ringing quality or tone.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From ring + -y.
adjective
(also ringey)
slang, dialect North American Irritable; ‘ornery’; angry.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Scribner's Magazine. Origin uncertain. Perhaps compare ring, or perhaps compare wrangy, recorded with the same meaning in English regional (Devon) use in the 19th century and in slang use in the 21st.
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