Whats the 3rd

Vee
By Vee

There are 3 words in the English Dictionary ending with 'gry' one is 'hungry' and another is 'angry' can anyone tell me what the third one is?

By Vee• 4 Jun 2009 08:51
Vee

Thanks, Lookinghere04 and Mike42UK, excellent answers thanks

By miked42uk• 4 Jun 2009 06:38
miked42uk

aggry: Coloured and variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture, found buried in the ground in Africa. A word of unknown origin. Seemingly always used attributively, as in aggry beads.

braggry: A variant form of braggery. Obsolete.

conyngry: An obsolete dialectal variant of conyger, itself an obsolete term meaning “rabbit warren”.

gry: The smallest unit in Locke’s proposed decimal system of linear measurement, being the tenth of a line, the hundredth of an inch, and the thousandth of a (“philosophical”) foot. Also the grunt of a pig, an insignificant trifle, or a verb meaning to roar. Obsolete.

iggry: Egyptian colloquial Arabic pronunciation of ijri: “Hurry up!”, brought back after the First World War by members of British and Australian forces who had fought in Egypt.

meagry: Having a meagre appearance. Obsolete.

nangry: A variant form of angry. Obsolete.

podagry: Dodder, or the condition of a plant infested with it.

puggry: A variant form of puggree, a light turban or head-covering worn by inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent.

Hope this helps Mike

By every_mothers_nightmare• 4 Jun 2009 04:08
every_mothers_nightmare

there is no other word.

By lookinghere04• 3 Jun 2009 22:53
lookinghere04

http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_gry_angry_hungry.html

By anonymous• 3 Jun 2009 22:33
anonymous

Dictionary

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