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▪ I. missy, n.|ˈmɪsɪ|
Also 7 missee, 8–9 missey, 9 missie.
[f. miss n.2 + -y dim. suffix.]
An affectionate or playful appellation for a young girl: used chiefly by servants and the like. occas. contemptuous.
1676in 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 29 A coach fitt for pretty Missee is not to be found ready made. 1780F. Burney Let. 24 Aug. in Diary (1891) I. 311, I beg my best compliments to him,—and to my master and missey. 1818Blackw. Mag. III. 403 An English missy, slim and pale. 1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. xiv. 124 ‘What's little missy's name?’ said Tom at last. 1876Blackmore Cripps liii, The pious papa and the milk-and-water missy rush into each other's arms. 1919Wodehouse Damsel in Distress vii. 107 Those—them—over there are Ayrshires, missy. 1922Joyce Ulysses 733 Little chits of missies they have now singing. 1924R. Macaulay Orphan Island xv. 202 ‘You're very smart and proud, missie,’ her uncle told her. 1967P. Roth When she was Good iii. 274 Either you calm down with that bossy little voice, missy, or you get out.
Comb.1831Society I. 138 The missy-like astonishment you are pleased to assume.
Hence ˈmissyish a. = missish.
1887M. B. Betham-Edwards Next of Kin Wanted II. xviii. 245 Why do you put on this missyish air of innocence?
▪ II. missy, a.|ˈmɪsɪ|
[f. miss n.2 + -y.]
Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of a miss or young lady; = missish.
1809–12M. Edgeworth Vivian viii, Her ladyship..values herself too highly, to make such a missy match. 1831Society I. 88 The mean and missy feeling of seizing the first opportunity to speak to you of a man. 1859Boyd Recreat. Country Parson ii. 43, I have heard..the same person called a gentlemanlike man and a missy piece of affectation. 1881Literary World 14 Jan. 26/1 With nothing to recommend him physically but a missy prettiness.
▪ III. missy
obs. variant of misy. |