Crossword clues for mussy
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mussy \Muss"y\, a. [From 2d Muss.] Disarranged; rumpled. [Colloq. U.S.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"rumpled," 1859, from muss + -y (2). Related: Mussiness.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. Having been mussed: messy, rumpled. Etymology 2
n. (eye dialect of mercy from=African American Vernacular English English)
WordNet
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.