massyadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈmasi/, U.S.

/ˈmæsi/

Forms: Middle English masie, Middle English masse, Middle English massee, Middle English massi, Middle English masy, Middle English–1500s massye, Middle English–1700s massie, Middle English– massy, 1500s–1700s massey; Scottish pre-1700 masse, pre-1700 massie, pre-1700 1700s– massy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mass n.², -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < mass n.² + -y suffix¹, perhaps after Anglo-Norman massiz, Old French, Middle French massi, massis (see massive adj.), or Anglo-Norman massé (compare -y suffix⁵), variant of massiz.In ordinary prose use superseded by massive adj.

a. Of metals, esp. precious metals, and metal objects: occurring in mass; solid and weighty; wrought in solid pieces; not hollow, plated, or alloyed.

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the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and broad

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poisy1538

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large-bodied1577

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mastya1593

lumbering1593

giantisha1635

gigantic1651

mastiff1668

large-made1725

lusty1777

bowerly1794

squelching1854

beef to the heel(s)1867

hefty1867

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [adjective] > pure or refined > not hollow or plated

massya1382

massivec1425

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. l. 10 As a massee vessel of gold.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 196 Þe siluer compowned is massy and sad.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 873 in Poems (1981) 37 Thre leopardis come, a croun off massie gold.

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 75^v He found in y^t citie an incredible treasure .L.M. talentes of massy siluer..uncoyned.

1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 6 I can march all day in massie steele.

1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 175 There are none now but poore Gentlemen, that will offer to weare the massiest silver lace, when it is once fitterd.

1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iii. iii. 41 A great quantity of massy old plate.

1853 T. B. Macaulay Atterbury in Biogr. (1867) 10 An inestimable treasure of massy bullion.

1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile i. 20 Seen in certain lights, the Pyramids look like piles of massy gold.

1935 W. G. Hardy Father Abraham iii. iii. 265 They opened the chests and yellow gold blinded his eyes and massy bars of silver and green gold.

2001 O. Sacks Uncle Tungsten i. 8 He loved to handle it [sc. tungsten]—the wire, the powder, but the massy little bars and ingots most of all.

†b. gen. Solid, not hollow. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective]

thickc888

fastOE

sada1375

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sounda1387

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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xxvii. 8 Þou schalt make it not massy, bot with inne voide, & with inne hoolw.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 328 Massy, noȝt hole, solidus.

1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6004 By cramming into them many Crystal-bullets, both hollow and massy ones.

c. Dense in texture or consistency; compact, substantial.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective]

thickc888

fastOE

sada1375

massya1382

sounda1387

massya1398

corpulent1398

grossa1475

tight1513

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crassy1630

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rocky1825

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 104 Primordial mater in þe whiche, as it were in massy þinge, þe foure elementis were..nouȝt distinguid.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 202^v Marbul purpurites..is rody..an oþer masie kynde hatt coraliticum and is y-founde in asia.

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 37^v They that haue massye bonys neuer swete or thristethe.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 33 It is nothing solid or massie, but much porouse.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 39 A grosse vapour, darke and massie.

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 428 The more massy sorts of manure.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xiii. 6 Stars,..that, with lively ray serene, O'ercome the massiest air.

1979 Sci. Amer. Jan. 100/1 Like a springy support, a massy support does not damp the motion of the string.

1995 Maxim July 72/1 A 30-foot wave is as close to the infinite as you are going to get in this world. It's thick, dense, massy, as solid-seeming as cement.

†d. Of sculpture, geometric figures, etc.: having depth or solidity; three-dimensional, as opposed to flat. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [adjective] > sculptured or carved > as opposed to painted

massy1551

massive1589

1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Def. By Depenesse..I meane the massie thicknesse of any bodie, as in exaumple of a potte.

1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria xxv. sig. Hh ij A Transformed Dodecaedron is a massie or solide figure.

a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) xviii. 137 Reiecting carued or massie Images, but admitting the painted.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 24 Abhorring the use of massie statues.

a. Of a person or animal: having an appearance of bulk and power; bulky, large-bodied.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky

burlyc1400

bulkedc1420

massyc1540

bowerly1542

lumpish1545

big-bodied1561

massy?1571

spacious1595

voluminousa1635

grossy1648

bulkishc1660

bulky1687

bulksomea1693

material1715

bouksome1785

dinosaurian1916

dinosauric1922

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 3885 He was massy & mekull.

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 11 The massier and more gyantly body must be maintained with large..diet.

a1667 A. Cowley Several Disc. by Way of Ess., Verse & Prose 121 in Wks. (1668) He would have no servants, but huge, massy fellows.

1756 M. Calderwood Jrnl. in J. G. Fyfe Sc. Diaries & Mem. (1942) 96 I thought..she would fall; and if she had, some-body would have got a broken crown, for she was very massy.

1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI lxxx. 104 There were some massy members of the church.

1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 119 One of the massier fishes disporting amid the some four or five small ones.

1866 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 255 A..massy, earnest, forcible-looking man.

1987 J. Barth Tidewater Tales (1988) 405 Uca Pugnax and U. Pugilator..may look to the untrained eye like fiddler crabs, but..are in fact a brace of massy dwarves.

b. gen. Having considerable bulk or volume; spreading in a mass or masses.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky

burlyc1400

bulkedc1420

massyc1540

bowerly1542

lumpish1545

big-bodied1561

massy?1571

spacious1595

voluminousa1635

grossy1648

bulkishc1660

bulky1687

bulksomea1693

material1715

bouksome1785

dinosaurian1916

dinosauric1922

?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Bij^v A woman very heauy baith by vnweldy age & massy substance.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 68 Stragling by Temple-bar, in a massy Cassock and Surcingle.

1777 G. White Jrnl. 3 Oct. (1970) x. 144 What becomes of those massy clouds that often incumber the atmosphere in the day.

1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana ii. iii. 112 The foliage of the corn is so rich and massy, that it shades the earth.

a1834 C. Lamb Reynolds Gallery in Misc. Wks. (1871) 367 The long, graceful, massy fingers.

1849 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) VIII. lv. 610 Their infantry, in four massy columns, was observed to be descending.

1901 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Aug. 209 His massy hair had been yellow.

1978 J. Updike Coup (1979) iv. 132 Brick pinnacles and massy trees.

a. Consisting of a large mass or masses of heavy material; of great size and weight; massive. Of a building: consisting of great blocks of masonry.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and solid

greateOE

stour?a1300

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mightyc1375

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stiffc1400

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massy1548

robustious1548

mountainousa1616

monumental1632

mountain1633

lusty1640

beamy1697

material1736

Himalayan1878

wodgy1907

monolith1922

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific construction > [adjective]

wandedc1593

brick-built1596

rock-built1596

mud-walled1607

sedgy1624

sodden1639

nogged1688

frame1760

logged1784

stucco1786

weatherboarded1794

piled1795

thick-walled1820

clapboarded1835

board-built1837

pebble-dashed1839

puncheoned1843

timber-framed1843

betimbered1847

pile-built1851

massy1855

bamboo-walled1858

portable1860

half-timber1874

stone-faced1874

Red River frame1879

ashlared1881

granolithic1881

brick-end1883

converted1888

steel frame1898

board-and-bat1902

traviated1902

steel-framed1906

prefabricated1921

prefab1937

multiwall1940

pre-engineered1955

curtain-walled1959

pre-fabbed1959

timber-frame1967

system-built1968

flat-pack1982

1548 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 143 To steik vp in massie wall the durris and windois of thair said brynt land.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. i. 2 Yee see..the Earth altoogither heauie and massie, and yetnotwithstanding..hanged in y^e Ayre.

1660 S. Pepys Diary 26 Apr. (1970) I. 116 It was very pleasant to observe the massy timbers that the ship is made of.

1693 E. Settle New Athenian Comedy Prol. sig. A2^v Arts brazen Leaves, and Wisdoms massiest Volumn, Learnings Nil ultra, Wits Herculean Column.

1775 A. M. Toplady Let. in Wks. (1828) VI. 270 He hurled the massy folio at the poor bookseller's head.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vi. 119 A massy oaken table.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 422 The massy remains of the old Norman castle.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiii. 40 The rude seas, earth's massy solidity.

1912 J. Stephens Charwoman's Daughter 16 Labyrinths of vaults massy and impregnable.

1989 SKOOB Rev. Winter 32/1 We..dragged a round massy table in the middle of the hall.

†b. Of architectural style: presenting great masses; heavy, imposing. Cf. massive adj. 1e. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [adjective] > types of artistic treatment or style

antica1536

Moresque1611

barbaric1667

massive1723

popular1730

maniéré1743

regency1811

tedesco1814

massy1817

Barbaresque1831

sensualistic1838

broad1849

conventional1851

expressional1856

tight1891

stylized1898

distressed1940

pop1956

transgressive1969

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > other styles

florida1706

massive1723

rounded1757

round-arched1782

castellar1789

baronial1807

rational1813

English colonial1817

massy1817

transitional1817

Scottish Baronial1829

rococo1830

flamboyant1832

Scotch Baronial1833

Churrigueresque1845

Russo-Byzantine1845

soaring1849

trenchant1849

vernacular1857

Scots Baronial1864

baroque1867

Perp.1867

rayonnant1873

Dutch colonial1876

Neo-Grec1878

rococoesque1885

Richardsonian1887

federal1894

organic1896

confectionery1897

European-style1907

postmodern1916

Lutyens1921

modern1927

moderne1928

functionalist1930

Williamsburg1931

Colonial Revival1934

packing case1935

Corbusian1936

lavatorial1936

pseudish1938

Adamesque1942

rationalist1952

Miesian1956

open-planned1958

Lutyensesque1961

façade1962

Odeon1964

high-tech1979

Populuxe1986

1817 W. Pitt Topogr. Hist. Staffs. i. 181 The Church..is an ancient stone edifice, surmounted by a massy embattled tower.

1819 P. B. Shelley Let. 25 Feb. (1964) II. 79 The proportions are extremely massy.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. i. xx. 148 The massy and Cyclopian style of architecture employed in those early days.

4. Of an immaterial thing: great, substantial, dense, impressive.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective]

mickleeOE

wideOE

largec1300

greata1325

muchc1330

mightyc1390

millionc1390

dreicha1400

rudea1450

massive1581

massy1588

heavy1728

magnitudinous1777

powerful1800

almighty1824

tall1842

hefty1930

honking1943

mondo1968

1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. G2^v She sits shrind in a Cannapie of Clouds, Whose massie darkenesse mazeth euery sense.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 48 The most grosse and massy paradox that ever did violence to reason and religion.

1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim ix. 46 How solid and massy those future enjoyments are.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. ix. 223 Turning her eyes from the massy darkness of the woods.

1840 T. De Quincey Theory Greek Trag. in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 52/2 The dialogue [of Greek tragedy] is always..severe, massy, simple.

1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 155 It cost eight-and-twenty massy hours for us..to reach the General Post-office.

1988 Mod. Painters Autumn 17/1 This predilection for massy stability of form..is present in Moore's earliest life-drawings.

1994 Amer. Spectator Aug. 22/1 My desk, my Georgetown tie, my chiefs of staff—all the massy dignities of state, would I..trade, to purchase but an acre of my own demesne.

5. Physics. Having mass (mass n.² 5b); of a particle: not massless. Cf. massive adj. 5.Chiefly historical with reference to Newton (quot. 1718).

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the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > [adjective] > having no mass > not having no mass

massy1718

massive1963

1718 I. Newton Opticks (ed. 2) iii. i. 375 It seems probable to me, that God in the Beginning form'd Matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable Particles.

1945 Philos. Rev. 54 313 The evanescence of matter in the guise of Newton's hard, massy particles seems to have been but a step towards its reappearance in the guise of electromagnetic energies.

1962 V. Lowe Understanding Whitehead i. iv. 18 In the Newtonian physics a massy particle had its location altered by other particles in the universe, but not its essential nature.

1980 Sci. Amer. Apr. 100/2 A new fundamental quantity: the ratio of the number of photons (the massless particles of electromagnetic radiation) in the universe to the number of nucleons (the massy protons and neutrons).

6. Scottish and English regional (northern). Of a person: proud, conceited, self-important. Also (occasionally) as adv.

ΚΠ

1735 W. Mitchell Let. to Sir J. de Graham 23 My old massy Minister often told me, that it was impossible for a meer Puppit to become a new Creature.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality in Tales of my Landlord III. iii. 20 I can play wi' the broadsword as weel as Corporal Inglis there. I hae broken his head or now, for as massy as he's riding ahint us.

1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man II. 229 I was a massy blade that day when I gaed o'er Craik-Corse riding at my father's side.

1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Massy, applied to a ‘sonsy’ person or to one with high notions. ‘He's a massy fellow.’

1895 W. C. Fraser Whaups of Durley xiii. 189 My gentleman gets in and talks very massy aboot the grand job Government was lookin' oot for him.

1910 C. Fraser Glengonnar 91 Duncan..was sune layin' off aboot his belongings, and got very massy.

1947 in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) When I brought in specimens of wild-flowers to draw, my landlady in Greenlaw used to say ‘You're rale massy wi' yer flooers’.

Compounds

massy-proof adj. poetic (now rare) (probably) durable, indestructible.

ΚΠ

1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 43 With antick Pillars massy proof.

1788 T. Warton Ode New Year 1 Rude was the pile, and massy proof.

1863 T. Martin Poems 342 They..straightway flung A shirt of mail upon it, massy proof..with clasps that firmly clung To back and breast.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	massy
释义	massyn.int. Brit. /ˈmasi/, U.S. /ˈmæsi/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mercy n. Etymology: Variant of mercy n. (see discussion of forms at that entry). regional (chiefly U.S.). In various exclamations (chiefly as int.): ‘mercy!’ (expressing surprise, disapproval, etc.). See mercy int. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] whatOE well, wellOE avoyc1300 ouc1300 ay1340 lorda1393 ahaa1400 hillaa1400 whannowc1450 wow1513 why?1520 heydaya1529 ah1538 ah me!a1547 fore me!a1547 o me!a1547 what the (also a) goodyear1570 precious coals1576 Lord have mercy (on us)1581 good heavens1588 whau1589 coads1590 ay me!1591 my stars!a1593 Gods me1595 law1598 Godso1600 to go out1600 coads-nigs1608 for mercy!a1616 good stars!1615 mercy on us (also me, etc.)!a1616 gramercy1617 goodness1623 what next?1662 mon Dieu1665 heugh1668 criminy1681 Lawd1696 the dickens1697 (God, etc.) bless my heart1704 alackaday1705 (for) mercy's sake!1707 my1707 deuce1710 gracious1712 goodly and gracious1713 my word1722 my stars and garters!1758 lawka1774 losha1779 Lord bless me (also you, us, etc.)1784 great guns!1795 mein Gott1795 Dear me!1805 fancy1813 well, I'm sure!1815 massy1817 Dear, dear!1818 to get off1818 laws1824 Mamma mia1824 by crikey1826 wisha1826 alleleu1829 crackey1830 Madonna mia1830 indeed1834 to go on1835 snakes1839 Jerusalem1840 sapristi1840 oh my days1841 tear and ages1841 what (why, etc.) in time?1844 sakes alive!1846 gee willikers1847 to get away1847 well, to be sure!1847 gee1851 Great Scott1852 holy mackerel!1855 doggone1857 lawsy1868 my wig(s)!1871 gee whiz1872 crimes1874 yoicks1881 Christmas1882 hully gee1895 'ullo1895 my hat!1899 good (also great) grief!1900 strike me pink!1902 oo-er1909 what do you know?1909 cripes1910 coo1911 zowiec1913 can you tie that?1918 hot diggety1924 yeow1924 ziggety1924 stone (or stiffen) the crows1930 hullo1931 tiens1932 whammo1932 po po po1936 how about that?1939 hallo1942 brother1945 tie that!1948 surprise1953 wowee1963 yikes1971 never1974 to sod off1976 whee1978 mercy1986 yipes1989 1817 A. Royall Lett. from Alabama (1830) ix. 22 Massy upon me! 1855 ‘W. Brooke’ Eastford vi. 60 Massy sakes alive John! where have you been all the morning..? a1856 J. M. Field Job & his Children in America's Lost Plays (1941) XIV. 246 If I don't pay him off when we're married—Oh, massy me! 1867 W. F. Rock Jim an' Nell 31 Law! massy, Jim. 1884 J. C. Egerton Sussex Folk 41 ‘Massy!’ she said, ‘the girls nowadays don't know naun about work!’ 1905 Dial. Notes 3 17 Massy sakes! sakes alive! interj. All feminine exclamations. 1931 PMLA 46 1315 ‘Massy’ is also heard for mercy. 1944 H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. 380/1 Massy = mercy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). massyadj.adv. Brit. /ˈmasi/, U.S. /ˈmæsi/ Forms: Middle English masie, Middle English masse, Middle English massee, Middle English massi, Middle English masy, Middle English–1500s massye, Middle English–1700s massie, Middle English– massy, 1500s–1700s massey; Scottish pre-1700 masse, pre-1700 massie, pre-1700 1700s– massy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mass n.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: < mass n.² + -y suffix¹, perhaps after Anglo-Norman massiz, Old French, Middle French massi, massis (see massive adj.), or Anglo-Norman massé (compare -y suffix⁵), variant of massiz.In ordinary prose use superseded by massive adj. 1. a. Of metals, esp. precious metals, and metal objects: occurring in mass; solid and weighty; wrought in solid pieces; not hollow, plated, or alloyed. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and broad massya1382 stout1390 burlyc1400 corporalc1475 massive1485 poisy1538 big-made1566 chopping1566 grossa1578 large-bodied1577 weighty1581 burly-boned1590 mastya1593 lumbering1593 giantisha1635 gigantic1651 mastiff1668 large-made1725 lusty1777 bowerly1794 squelching1854 beef to the heel(s)1867 hefty1867 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [adjective] > pure or refined > not hollow or plated massya1382 massivec1425 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. l. 10 As a massee vessel of gold. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 196 Þe siluer compowned is massy and sad. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 873 in Poems (1981) 37 Thre leopardis come, a croun off massie gold. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 75^v He found in y^t citie an incredible treasure .L.M. talentes of massy siluer..uncoyned. 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 6 I can march all day in massie steele. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 175 There are none now but poore Gentlemen, that will offer to weare the massiest silver lace, when it is once fitterd. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iii. iii. 41 A great quantity of massy old plate. 1853 T. B. Macaulay Atterbury in Biogr. (1867) 10 An inestimable treasure of massy bullion. 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile i. 20 Seen in certain lights, the Pyramids look like piles of massy gold. 1935 W. G. Hardy Father Abraham iii. iii. 265 They opened the chests and yellow gold blinded his eyes and massy bars of silver and green gold. 2001 O. Sacks Uncle Tungsten i. 8 He loved to handle it [sc. tungsten]—the wire, the powder, but the massy little bars and ingots most of all. †b. gen. Solid, not hollow. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] thickc888 fastOE sada1375 massya1382 sounda1387 massya1398 corpulent1398 grossa1475 tight1513 massive1526 spiss?1527 solid?1533 thight1539 solidate1542 crass1545 bodily1557 spissy1570 dense1599 consolid1613 materiate1626 crassy1630 cakey1705 rocky1825 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xxvii. 8 Þou schalt make it not massy, bot with inne voide, & with inne hoolw. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 328 Massy, noȝt hole, solidus. 1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6004 By cramming into them many Crystal-bullets, both hollow and massy ones. c. Dense in texture or consistency; compact, substantial. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] thickc888 fastOE sada1375 massya1382 sounda1387 massya1398 corpulent1398 grossa1475 tight1513 massive1526 spiss?1527 solid?1533 thight1539 solidate1542 crass1545 bodily1557 spissy1570 dense1599 consolid1613 materiate1626 crassy1630 cakey1705 rocky1825 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 104 Primordial mater in þe whiche, as it were in massy þinge, þe foure elementis were..nouȝt distinguid. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 202^v Marbul purpurites..is rody..an oþer masie kynde hatt coraliticum and is y-founde in asia. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 37^v They that haue massye bonys neuer swete or thristethe. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 33 It is nothing solid or massie, but much porouse. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 39 A grosse vapour, darke and massie. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 428 The more massy sorts of manure. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xiii. 6 Stars,..that, with lively ray serene, O'ercome the massiest air. 1979 Sci. Amer. Jan. 100/1 Like a springy support, a massy support does not damp the motion of the string. 1995 Maxim July 72/1 A 30-foot wave is as close to the infinite as you are going to get in this world. It's thick, dense, massy, as solid-seeming as cement. †d. Of sculpture, geometric figures, etc.: having depth or solidity; three-dimensional, as opposed to flat. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [adjective] > sculptured or carved > as opposed to painted massy1551 massive1589 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Def. By Depenesse..I meane the massie thicknesse of any bodie, as in exaumple of a potte. 1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria xxv. sig. Hh ij A Transformed Dodecaedron is a massie or solide figure. a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) xviii. 137 Reiecting carued or massie Images, but admitting the painted. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 24 Abhorring the use of massie statues. 2. a. Of a person or animal: having an appearance of bulk and power; bulky, large-bodied. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky burlyc1400 bulkedc1420 massyc1540 bowerly1542 lumpish1545 big-bodied1561 massy?1571 spacious1595 voluminousa1635 grossy1648 bulkishc1660 bulky1687 bulksomea1693 material1715 bouksome1785 dinosaurian1916 dinosauric1922 c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 3885 He was massy & mekull. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 11 The massier and more gyantly body must be maintained with large..diet. a1667 A. Cowley Several Disc. by Way of Ess., Verse & Prose 121 in Wks. (1668) He would have no servants, but huge, massy fellows. 1756 M. Calderwood Jrnl. in J. G. Fyfe Sc. Diaries & Mem. (1942) 96 I thought..she would fall; and if she had, some-body would have got a broken crown, for she was very massy. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI lxxx. 104 There were some massy members of the church. 1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 119 One of the massier fishes disporting amid the some four or five small ones. 1866 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 255 A..massy, earnest, forcible-looking man. 1987 J. Barth Tidewater Tales (1988) 405 Uca Pugnax and U. Pugilator..may look to the untrained eye like fiddler crabs, but..are in fact a brace of massy dwarves. b. gen. Having considerable bulk or volume; spreading in a mass or masses. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky burlyc1400 bulkedc1420 massyc1540 bowerly1542 lumpish1545 big-bodied1561 massy?1571 spacious1595 voluminousa1635 grossy1648 bulkishc1660 bulky1687 bulksomea1693 material1715 bouksome1785 dinosaurian1916 dinosauric1922 ?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Bij^v A woman very heauy baith by vnweldy age & massy substance. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 68 Stragling by Temple-bar, in a massy Cassock and Surcingle. 1777 G. White Jrnl. 3 Oct. (1970) x. 144 What becomes of those massy clouds that often incumber the atmosphere in the day. 1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana ii. iii. 112 The foliage of the corn is so rich and massy, that it shades the earth. a1834 C. Lamb Reynolds Gallery in Misc. Wks. (1871) 367 The long, graceful, massy fingers. 1849 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) VIII. lv. 610 Their infantry, in four massy columns, was observed to be descending. 1901 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Aug. 209 His massy hair had been yellow. 1978 J. Updike Coup (1979) iv. 132 Brick pinnacles and massy trees. 3. a. Consisting of a large mass or masses of heavy material; of great size and weight; massive. Of a building: consisting of great blocks of masonry. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and solid greateOE stour?a1300 fata1325 mightyc1375 sternc1394 stiffc1400 massivec1425 mastiff1495 gross1516 massy1548 robustious1548 mountainousa1616 monumental1632 mountain1633 lusty1640 beamy1697 material1736 Himalayan1878 wodgy1907 monolith1922 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific construction > [adjective] wandedc1593 brick-built1596 rock-built1596 mud-walled1607 sedgy1624 sodden1639 nogged1688 frame1760 logged1784 stucco1786 weatherboarded1794 piled1795 thick-walled1820 clapboarded1835 board-built1837 pebble-dashed1839 puncheoned1843 timber-framed1843 betimbered1847 pile-built1851 massy1855 bamboo-walled1858 portable1860 half-timber1874 stone-faced1874 Red River frame1879 ashlared1881 granolithic1881 brick-end1883 converted1888 steel frame1898 board-and-bat1902 traviated1902 steel-framed1906 prefabricated1921 prefab1937 multiwall1940 pre-engineered1955 curtain-walled1959 pre-fabbed1959 timber-frame1967 system-built1968 flat-pack1982 1548 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 143 To steik vp in massie wall the durris and windois of thair said brynt land. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. i. 2 Yee see..the Earth altoogither heauie and massie, and yetnotwithstanding..hanged in y^e Ayre. 1660 S. Pepys Diary 26 Apr. (1970) I. 116 It was very pleasant to observe the massy timbers that the ship is made of. 1693 E. Settle New Athenian Comedy Prol. sig. A2^v Arts brazen Leaves, and Wisdoms massiest Volumn, Learnings Nil ultra, Wits Herculean Column. 1775 A. M. Toplady Let. in Wks. (1828) VI. 270 He hurled the massy folio at the poor bookseller's head. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vi. 119 A massy oaken table. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 422 The massy remains of the old Norman castle. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiii. 40 The rude seas, earth's massy solidity. 1912 J. Stephens Charwoman's Daughter 16 Labyrinths of vaults massy and impregnable. 1989 SKOOB Rev. Winter 32/1 We..dragged a round massy table in the middle of the hall. †b. Of architectural style: presenting great masses; heavy, imposing. Cf. massive adj. 1e. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [adjective] > types of artistic treatment or style antica1536 Moresque1611 barbaric1667 massive1723 popular1730 maniéré1743 regency1811 tedesco1814 massy1817 Barbaresque1831 sensualistic1838 broad1849 conventional1851 expressional1856 tight1891 stylized1898 distressed1940 pop1956 transgressive1969 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > other styles florida1706 massive1723 rounded1757 round-arched1782 castellar1789 baronial1807 rational1813 English colonial1817 massy1817 transitional1817 Scottish Baronial1829 rococo1830 flamboyant1832 Scotch Baronial1833 Churrigueresque1845 Russo-Byzantine1845 soaring1849 trenchant1849 vernacular1857 Scots Baronial1864 baroque1867 Perp.1867 rayonnant1873 Dutch colonial1876 Neo-Grec1878 rococoesque1885 Richardsonian1887 federal1894 organic1896 confectionery1897 European-style1907 postmodern1916 Lutyens1921 modern1927 moderne1928 functionalist1930 Williamsburg1931 Colonial Revival1934 packing case1935 Corbusian1936 lavatorial1936 pseudish1938 Adamesque1942 rationalist1952 Miesian1956 open-planned1958 Lutyensesque1961 façade1962 Odeon1964 high-tech1979 Populuxe1986 1817 W. Pitt Topogr. Hist. Staffs. i. 181 The Church..is an ancient stone edifice, surmounted by a massy embattled tower. 1819 P. B. Shelley Let. 25 Feb. (1964) II. 79 The proportions are extremely massy. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. i. xx. 148 The massy and Cyclopian style of architecture employed in those early days. 4. Of an immaterial thing: great, substantial, dense, impressive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] mickleeOE wideOE largec1300 greata1325 muchc1330 mightyc1390 millionc1390 dreicha1400 rudea1450 massive1581 massy1588 heavy1728 magnitudinous1777 powerful1800 almighty1824 tall1842 hefty1930 honking1943 mondo1968 1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. G2^v She sits shrind in a Cannapie of Clouds, Whose massie darkenesse mazeth euery sense. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 48 The most grosse and massy paradox that ever did violence to reason and religion. 1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim ix. 46 How solid and massy those future enjoyments are. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. ix. 223 Turning her eyes from the massy darkness of the woods. 1840 T. De Quincey Theory Greek Trag. in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 52/2 The dialogue [of Greek tragedy] is always..severe, massy, simple. 1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 155 It cost eight-and-twenty massy hours for us..to reach the General Post-office. 1988 Mod. Painters Autumn 17/1 This predilection for massy stability of form..is present in Moore's earliest life-drawings. 1994 Amer. Spectator Aug. 22/1 My desk, my Georgetown tie, my chiefs of staff—all the massy dignities of state, would I..trade, to purchase but an acre of my own demesne. 5. Physics. Having mass (mass n.² 5b); of a particle: not massless. Cf. massive adj. 5.Chiefly historical with reference to Newton (quot. 1718). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > [adjective] > having no mass > not having no mass massy1718 massive1963 1718 I. Newton Opticks (ed. 2) iii. i. 375 It seems probable to me, that God in the Beginning form'd Matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable Particles. 1945 Philos. Rev. 54 313 The evanescence of matter in the guise of Newton's hard, massy particles seems to have been but a step towards its reappearance in the guise of electromagnetic energies. 1962 V. Lowe Understanding Whitehead i. iv. 18 In the Newtonian physics a massy particle had its location altered by other particles in the universe, but not its essential nature. 1980 Sci. Amer. Apr. 100/2 A new fundamental quantity: the ratio of the number of photons (the massless particles of electromagnetic radiation) in the universe to the number of nucleons (the massy protons and neutrons). 6. Scottish and English regional (northern). Of a person: proud, conceited, self-important. Also (occasionally) as adv. ΚΠ 1735 W. Mitchell Let. to Sir J. de Graham 23 My old massy Minister often told me, that it was impossible for a meer Puppit to become a new Creature. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality in Tales of my Landlord III. iii. 20 I can play wi' the broadsword as weel as Corporal Inglis there. I hae broken his head or now, for as massy as he's riding ahint us. 1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man II. 229 I was a massy blade that day when I gaed o'er Craik-Corse riding at my father's side. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Massy, applied to a ‘sonsy’ person or to one with high notions. ‘He's a massy fellow.’ 1895 W. C. Fraser Whaups of Durley xiii. 189 My gentleman gets in and talks very massy aboot the grand job Government was lookin' oot for him. 1910 C. Fraser Glengonnar 91 Duncan..was sune layin' off aboot his belongings, and got very massy. 1947 in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) When I brought in specimens of wild-flowers to draw, my landlady in Greenlaw used to say ‘You're rale massy wi' yer flooers’. Compounds massy-proof adj. poetic (now rare) (probably) durable, indestructible. ΚΠ 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 43 With antick Pillars massy proof. 1788 T. Warton Ode New Year 1 Rude was the pile, and massy proof. 1863 T. Martin Poems 342 They..straightway flung A shirt of mail upon it, massy proof..with clasps that firmly clung To back and breast. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.int.1817adj.adv.a1382
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