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Mussy

Mussy \Muss"y\, a. [From 2d Muss.] Disarranged; rumpled. [Colloq. U.S.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mussy

"rumpled," 1859, from muss + -y (2). Related: Mussiness.

Wiktionary
mussy

Etymology 1 a. Having been mussed: messy, rumpled. Etymology 2

n. (eye dialect of mercy from=African American Vernacular English English)

WordNet
mussy

adj. dirty and disorderly; "a mussy fussy bedroom"; "a child's messy eating habits" [syn: messy]

Usage examples of "mussy".

One of the scrub women thrust her mussy head and ragged, shapeless body in at the door.

There sure will be a few dead Kleagles, to say nothing of a couple of Klodards and one thing and another, if this bunch get mussy with me.

He allowed himself to be towed through the doorway into a mussy, cabbage-smelling flat.

Bartok, the other Rigelian, snarled softly and handed over a mussy handkerchief.