The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dampy
Dampy \Damp"y\, a.
Somewhat damp. [Obs.]
--Drayton.Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful. [Obs.] ``Dispel dampy throughts.''
--Haywards.
Wiktionary
dampy
a. 1 (context obsolete English) Somewhat damp 2 (context obsolete English) dejected; gloomy; sorrowful
Usage examples of "dampy".
There was the story of the Japanese cemetery where so many divers ended their days, pictures of Chinatown with its dim shops and seedy opium dens, a famous Indian pearl cleaner who was known for his precise skill in stripping away the rough outer layers of valuable pearls, the horse-drawn train that ran along the wharf, the shanty township with beached luggers on the foreshore at Dampier Creek.