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Meaning of "mouldy fig" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MOULDY FIG

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOULDY FIG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mouldy fig is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MOULDY FIG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mouldy fig in the English dictionary

The definition of mouldy fig in the dictionary is a rigid adherent to older jazz forms.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOULDY FIG

mould
mould loft
mouldability
mouldable
mouldboard
moulder
mouldier
mouldiest
mouldiness
moulding
moulding board
moulding machine
moulding process
moulding technique
mouldwarp
mouldy
mouldywarp
moulin
moulinet

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOULDY FIG

big
Braunschweig
caprifig
cig
craig
dig
fig
gig
guinea pig
Hottentot fig
jig
Leipzig
lig
Moreton Bay fig
pig
rig
Schleswig
tig
twig
wig

Synonyms and antonyms of mouldy fig in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mouldy fig» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOULDY FIG

Find out the translation of mouldy fig to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mouldy fig from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mouldy fig» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

发霉图
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fig mohosa
570 millions of speakers

English

mouldy fig
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खोटा अंजीर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التين متعفن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заплесневелые рис
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fig mofado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নকল ডুমুর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fig moisi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ara berjerawat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schimmelig Feigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カビの生えたイチジク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

곰팡이가 핀 그림
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Moldy fig
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vả mốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரிதான அத்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खोटा अंजीर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Küflü incir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fig ammuffito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spleśniały rys
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

запліснявілі рис
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fig mucegăit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μουχλιασμένα εικ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verkrummeld vyeboom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mögligt fig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mugne fig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mouldy fig

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOULDY FIG»

The term «mouldy fig» is barely ever used and occupies the 212.190 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOULDY FIG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mouldy fig

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOULDY FIG»

Discover the use of mouldy fig in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mouldy fig and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: ...
"two blocks chocker'” (Granville): RN: C.20 mouldy fig. A personeven duller and more boring than a 'wet blanket': beatniks': since ca. 1959. (Anderson.) Ex the following sense.—2. 'Applied by the young supporters of the "new jazz”, or "cool” or ...
Eric Partridge, Paul Beale, 1984
2
Forest Tree Seed: Health for Germplasm Conservation
5 General protocols for detecting fungi 5.1 Examination of seeds Before proceeding to more elaborate procedures, first examine dry seeds using a magnifying lens or stereomicroscope. Seeds that are mouldy (Fig. 2), cracked or broken (Fig.
Jack R. Sutherland, Marlene Diekmann, P. Berjak, 2002
3
The natural history of Oxford-shire: being an essay towards ...
... lastly to those that resemble things j of Art, such as that in the Form of a Button- mouldy Fig. 7. whereof there were several found in the very fame Quarry with the Thigh-bone and Tooth, \n the Parish ofComwell, and no doubt did belong to the ...
Robert Plot, 1705
4
Coffee: Physiology
... increased the aflatoxigenic potential of coffee.182 Aflatoxin B1, LIII, ochratoxin A, LIV, and, rarely, sterigmatocystin, LV, have been identified in raw coffee beans from lots varying from visually free from mould to heavily mouldy (Fig. 8; Table ...
R.J. Clarke, R. Macrae, 1988
5
There Is No Substitute for
"Grooved" and "hipster" are not too obscure to guess but "mouldy fig " is more difficult. Spelt "moldy fig" without a "u" it can be found in American dictionaries of slang defined as an old fashion person or a "square". Page 59:TheTrouble with a  ...
Richard Vernon Proctor, 2005
6
Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the ...
"15 After pointing out that the blues are just as "theoretical" as any classical style one would care to mention (insomuch as the style is governed by a set of demonstrable, recurring principles), Moore goes on to note, The "mouldy fig" attitude is ...
Edward Macan, 1997
7
A Ghost at the Door
It didn't matter a mouldy fig that they hadn't called the police. With the app on his mobile phone in front of him Edwards had been spying on their every move, every twist and turn of the wheel through West Dorset, where they slowed, where  ...
Michael Dobbs, 2013
8
Old Is In: A Guide for Aging Boomers
merely isolate you from younger members of the community, as a mouldy fig. A tsker. True, someone has to speak up for the traditional values, but make sure it is someone else. Don't be a martyr to the decline of Western civi- lization. Instead ...
Eric Nicol, 2004
9
Such Deliberate Disguises: The Art of Philip Larkin
Conversely and equally, a sizeable number of jazz critics consider Larkin a hopeless Mouldy Fig, someone who got off the train in about 1945 and could do little more thereafter than sneer foolishly down the track.4 In both cases the verdict can ...
Richard Palmer, 2008
10
Paul Simon: A Life
... showed up, they were in a pretty tough situation, because they had already had a Top 40 hitas teenagers, and as far as themusic was concerned, they were over the hill, but the mouldy fig wing of the folk world despised them as pop singers.
Marc Eliot, 2010

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mouldy fig [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mouldy-fig>. May 2024 ».
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