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Mes·sier
/
ˈmɛs
iˌeɪ;
French
mɛˈsyeɪ
/
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[
mes
-ee-ey;
French
me-
syey
]
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noun
Charles
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ʃarl
/
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sh
a
r
l
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,
1730–1817,
French astronomer.
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mess·y
/
ˈmɛs
i
/
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[
mes
-ee
]
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adjective,
mess·i·er,
mess·i·est.
1.
characterized by a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
a messy room.
2.
causing a
mess
:
a messy recipe; messy work.
3.
embarrassing, difficult, or unpleasant:
a messy political situation.
4.
characterized by moral or psychological confusion.
Origin:
1835–45;
mess
+
-y
1
Related forms
mess·i·ness,
noun
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messy
(ˈmɛsɪ)
—
adj
,
messier
,
messiest
dirty, confused, or untidy
'messily
—
adv
'messiness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
messy
"untidy," 1843, from
mess
+
-y
(2).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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