mumsy

[ muhm-zee ]

/ ˈmʌm zi /

Chiefly British Informal.

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noun

mother¹ (def. 1).

adjective

drab or dowdy; unfashionable: a mumsy overcoat.

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Origin of mumsy

mum⁴ + -sy; def. 1 was first recorded in 1875–80; def. 2 was first recorded in 1960–65.

Words nearby mumsy

mummy porn, mump, mumps, mumpsimus, mum's the word, mumsy, mun., munch, Munchausen, Munchausen's syndrome, Munchausen's syndrome by proxy

How to use mumsy in a sentence

The poor little mumsy had been shut up on shipboard for months and surely she deserved some recreation.
The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp|Nell Speed
Your mumsy is writing you a long letter, too, so I must stop.
Molly Brown of Kentucky|Nell Speed
I don't allow any one to talk in a confidential way to my Mumsy-pums except myself.
A Modern Tomboy|L. T. Meade
Douglas and I are so miserable about it, but we—we—somehow we feel that we are a great deal older than mumsy.
The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp|Nell Speed

But, mumsy,” soothed Nan, “we are going to make you very comfortable and we will find a pretty house and maybe it will be brick.
The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp|Nell Speed

British Dictionary definitions for mumsy

mumsy

/ (ˈmʌmzɪ) /

adjective -sier or -siest

out of fashion; homely or drab

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