mussy

[ muhs-ee ]

adjective

, muss·i·er, muss·i·est.

1. untidy, messy, or rumpled.

ˈmussy

/ ˈmʌsɪ /

adjective

1. untidy or disordered

Derived Forms

• ˈmussily, adverb
• ˈmussiness, noun

Other Words From

• mussi·ly adverb
• mussi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of mussy¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; muss + -y ¹

Example Sentences

They bought him glasses with rectangular wire rims and caked his hair with endless product so that he had a kind of curly, mussy 'do like the coolest kids at school.

From Literature

Shaw, with his Velcro shoes and mussy hair, was “the absent-minded professor” who hired good people at his engineering company in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Fox said.

From Seattle Times

Why isn’t there a hyphen in “today”? Lawks-a- mussy, what sort of punctuation chickens are we at the beginning of the 21st century?

From Literature

The Larry O'Brien Trophy will be flying cross-country to Oakland on Saturday, and Golden State will have a chance to mussy it up with joyous fingerprints and champagne baths on Monday night.

From US News

As she walked out of the room, she shook her head and said, “God, it hits you right in the mussy.”

From The New Yorker