MUSSY

messy, mussy

(adjective) dirty and disorderly; “a mussy fussy bedroom”; “a child’s messy eating habits”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

mussy (comparative more mussy, superlative most mussy)

Having been mussed: messy, rumpled.

Etymology 2

Noun

mussy (countable and uncountable, plural mussies)

Eye dialect spelling of mercy.

Source: Wiktionary


Muss"y, a. Etym: [From 2d Muss.]

Definition: Disarranged; rumpled. [Colloq. U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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