messyadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɛsi/, U.S.

/ˈmɛsi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mess n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < mess n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

rare before 19th cent.

1. Having the nature of a mess (literal and figurative); involving, accompanied by, or generating mess or disorder; untidy; dirty, greasy.The meaning of messy in quot. 1627 is uncertain; senses of mess n.¹ available at this period relate principally to food.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective]

untidya1375

unred1528

sluttish?1529

untrimmed?1529

untrick1570

untrim1570

shevelled1613

hirsute1621

incompta1628

messy1627

unneat1648

tawdry1672

slattern1680

bunting1759

untrig1821

sloggering1825

slummocking1825

scrambling1826

poucey1829

anyhow1831

mullocky1839

ragtail1846

mussy1859

slubbery1880

unshipshape1883

mussed1888

slummocky1898

ruggy1929

idle1956

1627 W. Hawkins Apollo Shroving iv. i. 61 All the habitable circumference of this muddy messy earthy globe could not haue affoorded..vnto me so mellifluous an Indoctrinator.

1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 235 I have had your letter, for consolation in my messy job [sc. glazing and painting].

1884 Harper's Mag. Oct. 706/2 The town..looked messy and ‘traipsed’.

1890 Spectator 15 Feb. The boy who holds the mirror..is, for Velazquez, somewhat messy in execution.

1939 J. B. Priestley Let People Sing i. 17 He was disturbed again, this time by..a messy, dribbling, pie-faced urchin.

1972 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 23 June 3/1 Yeecchhhh! How messy. A St. John's pigeon just passed his opinion of a Bayman.

1987 Wisden Cricket Monthly Aug. 34/2 Pakistan ended the first day 76 for 2, thanks to some messy English fielding.

1996 M. Cheek Sleeping Beauties v. 37 It had been a very messy divorce, a very unkind sundering.

2. colloquial. Of questionable morality or ethics; troublesome or difficult to deal with.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > immorality > [adjective]

unlawfula1387

unprincipled1644

immoral1660

unmoralized1668

non-moral1858

moralless1869

unethic1871

unethical1871

messy1914

society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > immoral or unethical

unlawfula1387

viciousc1386

immoral1660

unmoralized1668

non-moral1858

unethic1871

unethical1871

messy1914

1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn i. 13 If it wasn't for that messy wife of mine.

1928 D. H. Lawrence Woman who rode Away & Other Stories 198 He was a perfectly decent boy, and there would never have been anything messy to fear from him.

1971 Black World Oct. 63/1 Just a nice old man who..changes the lock on my door when my men friends get messy.

1987 J. Barth Tidewater Tales (1988) 285 You've established yourself as a CIA-hater who's appalled but fascinated by messy goings-on in your own backyard.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	messy
释义	messyadj. Brit. /ˈmɛsi/, U.S. /ˈmɛsi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mess n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < mess n.¹ + -y suffix¹. rare before 19th cent. 1. Having the nature of a mess (literal and figurative); involving, accompanied by, or generating mess or disorder; untidy; dirty, greasy.The meaning of messy in quot. 1627 is uncertain; senses of mess n.¹ available at this period relate principally to food. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective] untidya1375 unred1528 sluttish?1529 untrimmed?1529 untrick1570 untrim1570 shevelled1613 hirsute1621 incompta1628 messy1627 unneat1648 tawdry1672 slattern1680 bunting1759 untrig1821 sloggering1825 slummocking1825 scrambling1826 poucey1829 anyhow1831 mullocky1839 ragtail1846 mussy1859 slubbery1880 unshipshape1883 mussed1888 slummocky1898 ruggy1929 idle1956 1627 W. Hawkins Apollo Shroving iv. i. 61 All the habitable circumference of this muddy messy earthy globe could not haue affoorded..vnto me so mellifluous an Indoctrinator. 1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 235 I have had your letter, for consolation in my messy job [sc. glazing and painting]. 1884 Harper's Mag. Oct. 706/2 The town..looked messy and ‘traipsed’. 1890 Spectator 15 Feb. The boy who holds the mirror..is, for Velazquez, somewhat messy in execution. 1939 J. B. Priestley Let People Sing i. 17 He was disturbed again, this time by..a messy, dribbling, pie-faced urchin. 1972 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 23 June 3/1 Yeecchhhh! How messy. A St. John's pigeon just passed his opinion of a Bayman. 1987 Wisden Cricket Monthly Aug. 34/2 Pakistan ended the first day 76 for 2, thanks to some messy English fielding. 1996 M. Cheek Sleeping Beauties v. 37 It had been a very messy divorce, a very unkind sundering. 2. colloquial. Of questionable morality or ethics; troublesome or difficult to deal with. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > immorality > [adjective] unlawfula1387 unprincipled1644 immoral1660 unmoralized1668 non-moral1858 moralless1869 unethic1871 unethical1871 messy1914 society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > immoral or unethical unlawfula1387 viciousc1386 immoral1660 unmoralized1668 non-moral1858 unethic1871 unethical1871 messy1914 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn i. 13 If it wasn't for that messy wife of mine. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Woman who rode Away & Other Stories 198 He was a perfectly decent boy, and there would never have been anything messy to fear from him. 1971 Black World Oct. 63/1 Just a nice old man who..changes the lock on my door when my men friends get messy. 1987 J. Barth Tidewater Tales (1988) 285 You've established yourself as a CIA-hater who's appalled but fascinated by messy goings-on in your own backyard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1627
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