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messy, a.|ˈmɛsɪ|
[f. mess n.2 + -y1.]
a. Of the nature of a mess; attended with ‘messes’ or disorder; untidy.
1843Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 235, I have had your letter, for consolation in my messy job [glazing and painting]. 1890Spectator 15 Feb., The boy who holds the mirror..is, for Velazquez, somewhat messy in execution. 1899F. T. Bullen Log Sea-waif 210 How we did hate the messy, fiddling abomination.
b. colloq. Immoral; unethical.
1924Lawrence & Skinner Boy in Bush xxi. 299, I can't bear to think of Monica messy with Easu. 1928D. H. Lawrence Woman who rode Away 198 He was a perfectly decent boy, and there would never have been anything messy to fear from him. 1960Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 337/1 Messy,..immoral; unethical.
Hence ˈmessiness.
1893Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 15 Dec. 793 Although there is no difficulty in making it, yet is there a certain amount of messiness. |