massy

American  

[mas-ee] / ˈmæs i /

adjective

massier, massiest

1. massive.

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massy British  

/ ˈmæsɪ /

adjective

1. a literary word for massive

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Other Word Forms

• massiness noun

Etymology

Origin of massy

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at mass, -y ¹

Example Sentences

Indeed, Stonehenge’s massy blocks seem irresistible to copyists: a website, Clonehenge, charts replicas made of everything from cars and lava-lamps to vegetables and gingerbread.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2019

Those macroscopic rules, he said, stemmed from the systematic combination of microscopic bodies: solid, massy and hard, as Isaac Newton had put it in a phrase Dalton was fond of quoting.

From Nature • Aug. 30, 2016

Quite as unusual from the British point of view was Guest Dawes's handling of the Vintners' massy, golden wassail cup.

From Time Magazine Archive

And above the shapely, bespectacled head of Pope Pius XI towered the holy apostolic tiara of pure, massy gold.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was the petulant mouth, the long neck, the buggy eyes, the massy hair.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly