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muzzy, a. colloq. and dial.|ˈmʌzɪ|
Also 8–9 mussy.
[Perh. a later form of mossy a. in sense 5. But cf. dial. mosey = mouldy, rotten, muggy, hazy, stupefied with liquor; also mosy a., downy. The chronological relations with muzz v.1 and muzzle v.2 are uncertain.]
1. a. Of persons, their actions, manner, etc.: Dull, stupid, spiritless; also, mentally hazy.
1728–9Mrs. Delany in Life & Corr. (1861) I. 195 When I returned from the duchess of Norfolk's assembly, (muzzy enough, not having met with agreeable conversation). 1761J. Hawkesworth Edgar & Emmeline 7 What, always muzzy, with a dismal countenance as long as a taylor's bill! 1817Keats Lett. 15 Apr., I don't feel inclined to write any more at present for I feel rather muzzy. 1827Scott Jrnl. 28 Feb., Discontinuing smoking..leaves me less muzzy after dinner. 1849Thackeray Pendennis xxxi, We may expect that his view of the past will be rather muzzy. 1883Sat. Rev. 10 Nov. 586 A sentimental Celt may regard himself, in his muzzy Celtic way, as being an ill-treated rightful heir of any land which chances to belong to a ‘Saxon’.
b. Of places, times, etc.: Dull, gloomy.
1727–8Mrs. Delany in Life & Corr. (1861) I. 159 The town is mussy, though very full. I have not been at an assemblée this winter. 1754A. Murphy Gray's-Inn Jrnl. No. 80 Sunday the most muzzy Day in the year. 1770Foote Lame Lover i. Wks. 1799 II. 60 A damn'd muzzy dinner at Boodle's. 1821Coleridge in Blackw. Mag. X. 253 Here have I been sitting, this whole long-lagging, muzzy, mizly morning.
c. transf. Blurred, indistinct in form, etc.
1832W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1866) III. 26 His form is still fine on the stage, but his countenance is muzzy and indistinct. 1867Art Jrnl. XXIX. 123/3 The execution..is vague and muzzy to a fault. 1899Contemp. Rev. June 830 A growing tendency to see everything blurred and muzzy.
2. Stupid with excess of liquor.
1775T. Campbell Diary in Napier Johnsoniana (1884) 223 We went to the Coffee house in the evening, where almost all the gownsmen we saw were tipsy... The next night also, we went to another Coffee house, and there the scene was only shifted, all muzzy. 1849Thackeray Pendennis v, His muzzy, whiskified brain. 1852R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour lix, Leather, though somewhat muzzy, was sufficiently sober to be able to deliver this message. 1892J. Payn Mod. Whittington II. 133 He was ‘muzzy’ in the morning; he was ‘elevated’ in the afternoon; but at six o'clock, punctually, he was drunk.
3. Comb., as muzzy-headedness, a fuddled or intoxicated condition.
1930R. H. Mottram Europa's Beast vii. 169 Cocktails were sheer silliness, a short cut to muzzy-headedness. |