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▪ I. mussy, a. U.S.|ˈmʌsɪ|
[f. muss n.4 + -y.]
Untidy, rumpled, tousled. Hence ˈmussiness.
1859Bartlett Dict. Amer., Mussy. 1. Disarranged, disordered, tumbled;..2...Smeary, dirty, nasty. 1869N.Y. Independent 25 Mar. (Cent.), A general appearance of mussiness, characteristic of the man. 1873W. S. Mayo Never Again viii. 101 A warm but somewhat mussy victorine of cat-skin that encircled her neck. 1896Peterson Mag. VI. 330/2 A trunkful of limp, mussy, bedraggled gowns.
▪ II. mussy
obs. variant of muzzy a.
▪ III. mussy
dial. var. mercy n. Cf. lawk, lawks, int.
1823E. Moor Suffolk Words & Phr. 243 Mussy on us. 1881J. C. Harris Nights with Uncle Remus (1883) xii. 67 For mussy sake gin 'im a walkin'-cane. 1903P. L. Dunbar In Old Plantation Days 63 Lawd a' mussy, 'pon my soul, an' you one of de faifful of de flock! 1909Dialect Notes III. 344 Lawsy mussy (pon my soul). 1935Scribner's Mag. Feb. 120/2 Hab mussy, Jedus!.. When a bullbat go lak dat he diggin' a grabe. |