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单词 mussy
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mussyn.

Brit. /ˈmʌsi/, U.S. /ˈməsi/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mercy int.
Etymology: Variant of mercy int. Compare lawk-a-mercy at lawks int.
regional.
= mercy n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > mercy
milceeOE
mildheartnesseOE
oreOE
mildheartlaikc1175
mercya1225
misericordc1230
pitya1250
gracec1300
mildheadc1300
milcefulnessa1333
pietya1350
tree of mercyc1375
miserationa1382
mildc1390
piteousnessa1393
miltha1400
milthnessa1400
blithec1400
mercifulnessc1429
misericordy1479
mildfulness1489
clemence1490
clemency1553
pardon1555
pitifulness1555
milk of human kindnessa1616
mussy1823
mild-heartedness1849
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 243 Mussy on us.
1881 J. C. Harris Nights with Uncle Remus (1883) xii. 67 For mussy sake gin 'im a walkin'-cane.
1903 P. L. Dunbar In Old Plantation Days 63 Lawd a' mussy, 'pon my soul, an' you one of de faifful of de flock!
1909 Dial. Notes 3 344 Lawsy mussy (pon my soul).
1935 Scribner's Mag. Feb. 120/2 Hab mussy, Jedus!.. When a bull-bat go lak dat he diggin' a grabe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mussyadj.

Brit. /ˈmʌsi/, U.S. /ˈməsi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muss n.4, -y suffix1.
Etymology: < muss n.4 + -y suffix1.
colloquial (chiefly U.S.).
Untidy, rumpled; (of hair) tousled, ruffled.
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
1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Mussy. 1. Disarranged, disordered, tumbled;..2...Smeary, dirty, nasty.
1873 W. S. Mayo Never Again viii. 101 A warm but somewhat mussy victorine of cat-skin that encircled her neck.
1896 Peterson Mag. 6 330/2 A trunkful of limp, mussy, bedraggled gowns.
1904 N.Y. Times 9 May 4 A washing is all the most mussy of them need to render them things of beauty.
1925 D. H. Lawrence Death of Porcupine 112 One can't help feeling Natasha is rather mussy and unfresh, married to that Pierre.
1973 E. Taylor Serpent under It (1974) x. 148 [His] mussy hair and lop-sided spectacles.
1993 L. Darcy Private Arrangement viii. 139 Well, your hair could use a brush, perhaps, although that mussy halo is rather delightful.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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