Mardier vs Hardier - What's the difference?
mardier | hardier |
(mardy)
(chiefly, East Midlands) Sulky or whining.
(chiefly, East Midlands) Non-co-operative, bad tempered or terse in communication.
(hardy)
Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. A hardy plant is one that can withstand the extremes of climate, such as frost.
A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the (hardy hole).
(Webster 1913)
As adjectives the difference between mardier and hardier
is that mardier is (mardy) while hardier is (hardy).mardier
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
* *mardy
English
Adjective
(er)- He's a mardy child.
Usage notes
Used throughout the East Midlands and South Yorkshire, plus other isolated spots in the North. In common use in most of Leicestershire, Rutland and the part of Lincolnshire close to these. It is used frequently in the city of Nottingham, throughout Derbyshire, and Derby city particularly. Mardy is also used in the southern part of South Yorkshire and Polesworth (West Midlands). Frequently combined with other words forming common phrases such as "mardy bum", "mardy cow" and "mardy bugger" [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A769250]. Sometimes shortened to "mard" particular when used in certain phrases such as "mard arse" or "mard on" (as in "he's got a mard on" to mean he's in a bad mood).Quotations
*1913 , *: “I wouldn’t be such a mardy baby,” said his wife shortly. * 1984 Food, Health, and Identity, Patricia Caplan[1997 edition*: When our Jonathan’s poorly...he’s mardy', ''very'' ' mardy .... * 2001, Creating a Safe Place, NCH Children and Families Project
[2003 edition*: Sometimes my mum’s in a mardy and she says she doesn’t care about us — but she does really.