mussy
adjective
untidy, messy, or rumpled.
mussiness
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a word derived from
mussy.
Example Sentences
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"Things had got to that state of mussiness, that you just began at one end and worked through to the other, and every inch looked new made over after you as you went along."
From Real Folks by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
Butter sandwiches must be exceedingly thin and shapely, and have no suggestion of mussiness.
From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald
Without accuracy any attempt at brilliancy must result in "mussiness."
From Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression by James Francis Cooke
Ices are now served at garden-parties in small paper cups placed on ice-plates—a fashion which is very neat, and which saves much of the mussiness which has heretofore been a feature of these entertainments.
From Manners and Social Usages by Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
Again and again he nearly lost his balance, in his violent attempts to dress his beautiful plumage, and remove the last remnant of nest mussiness.
From A Bird-Lover in the West by Olive Thorne Miller
