mucksyadj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌksi/, U.S.

/ˈməksi/

Forms: 1600s–1700s muxey (North American), 1600s–1700s muxie (North American), 1600s–1700s muxy (North American); U.S. regional 1800s– muxy; Newfoundland 1800s– mucksy; English regional (chiefly south-western) 1700s– muxy, 1800s– mucksy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muck n.¹, -sy suffix².

Etymology: < muck n.¹ + -sy suffix². Compare earlier mucky adj.

regional.

Mucky, dirty; muddy; slushy.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > muddy

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1665 in First Cent. Hist. (1899) II. 218 Twenty rod together..is soe to run to thorow along by the fence side the muxy meddow.

1680 in H. M. Burt First Cent. Hist. Springfield (1899) II. 258 His Muxie Medow over Agawam River.

1702 in H. M. Burt First Cent. Hist. Springfield (1899) II. 294 Which land is behind the muxey meddow up the great hill.

1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) i. 153 Thy hozen muxy up zo vurs thy gammerels.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! II. vi. 168 Mary runs in,..slips..her best gown over her dirt, and awaits the coming guests, who make a few long faces at the ‘mucksy sort of a place’.

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. xviii. 235 When the ground appeared through the crust of bubbled snow..it was all so soaked and sodden, and, as we call it, ‘mucksy’, that [etc.].

1969 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 746/2 [New Jersey] Muxy, Sloppy.

1986 J. Downes Dict. Devon Dial. 24 Muxy, mucky, muddy or dirty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mucksy
释义	mucksyadj. Brit. /ˈmʌksi/, U.S. /ˈməksi/ Forms: 1600s–1700s muxey (North American), 1600s–1700s muxie (North American), 1600s–1700s muxy (North American); U.S. regional 1800s– muxy; Newfoundland 1800s– mucksy; English regional (chiefly south-western) 1700s– muxy, 1800s– mucksy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muck n.¹, -sy suffix². Etymology: < muck n.¹ + -sy suffix². Compare earlier mucky adj. regional. Mucky, dirty; muddy; slushy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > muddy fennyc897 bymodereda1307 slutchedc1400 muddyc1450 miry?c1475 slabby1542 mired1558 mudded1598 muddied1642 mucksy1665 shabby1705 sludgy1782 slushy1791 1665 in First Cent. Hist. (1899) II. 218 Twenty rod together..is soe to run to thorow along by the fence side the muxy meddow. 1680 in H. M. Burt First Cent. Hist. Springfield (1899) II. 258 His Muxie Medow over Agawam River. 1702 in H. M. Burt First Cent. Hist. Springfield (1899) II. 294 Which land is behind the muxey meddow up the great hill. 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) i. 153 Thy hozen muxy up zo vurs thy gammerels. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! II. vi. 168 Mary runs in,..slips..her best gown over her dirt, and awaits the coming guests, who make a few long faces at the ‘mucksy sort of a place’. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. xviii. 235 When the ground appeared through the crust of bubbled snow..it was all so soaked and sodden, and, as we call it, ‘mucksy’, that [etc.]. 1969 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 746/2 [New Jersey] Muxy, Sloppy. 1986 J. Downes Dict. Devon Dial. 24 Muxy, mucky, muddy or dirty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1665
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