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单词 mussiness
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mussinessn.

Brit. /ˈmʌsɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈməsinᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mussy adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < mussy adj. + -ness suffix.
colloquial (chiefly U.S.).
Untidiness, esp. in a person's dress.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [noun]
undaftiness1555
slutterya1586
messiness1836
unneatness1836
untidiness1845
slip-sloppery1848
unkemptness1856
mussiness1869
untrimmedness1883
streelishness1936
1869 Independent (N.Y.) 25 Mar. 1/6 A general appearance of mussiness, characteristic of the man.
1893 Atlantic Monthly 72 173 He nearly lost his balance, in his violent attempts to dress his beautiful plumage and remove the last remnant of nest mussiness.
1980 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 4 Apr. 19 Mr. Liebman's skidding writer..shares his general mussiness—not to mention his baseball cap and obsession—with an earlier Simon character, Felix Madison.
2000 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 13 Feb. 76 Only love could have excused this before-breakfast mussiness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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