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fussy

English

Etymology

fuss +? -y

Pronunciation

  • enPR: f?.s'i, IPA(key): /?f?.si/
  • Rhymes: -?si

Adjective

fussy (comparative fussier, superlative fussiest)

  1. Anxious or particular about petty details; hard to please.
  2. Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be bad-tempered/ill-tempered (especially of babies).

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:fastidious

Related terms

  • fuss

Translations

See also

  • pedantic
  • picky

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mussy

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?si

Etymology 1

From muss +? -y.

Adjective

mussy (comparative more mussy, superlative most mussy)

  1. Having been mussed: messy, rumpled.

Etymology 2

Noun

mussy (countable and uncountable, plural mussies)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of mercy, representing African-American Vernacular English.
    • 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial (2000), page 170:
      God have mussy!

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