mussy
adjective
untidy, messy, or rumpled.
mussiness
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a word derived from
mussy.
Example Sentences
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Women want to push out into life, to share with men the disorder and mussiness of little things.
From Marching Men by Sherwood Anderson
Particular care must be taken in serving the refreshments to avoid any accidents or mussiness.
From Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 by Lillian Eichler Watson
Butter sandwiches must be exceedingly thin and shapely, and have no suggestion of mussiness.
From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald
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
To me it was getting up before dawn, and washing in ice-cold water, no time to comb the hair, always carrying a feeling of personal mussiness, with an adjustment to dirt.
From Golden Lads by Arthur Gleason
