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Gussy vs Mussy - What's the difference?

gussy | mussy |

As an adjective mussy is

having been mussed, messy, rumpled.

As a noun mussy is

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gussy

English

mussy

English

Etymology 1

From .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having been mussed, messy, rumpled.

    • Etymology 2

    African-American dialect pronunciation of mercy.

    Noun

  • * 1937 , , Their Eyes Were Watching God , Harper Perennial (2000), page 170:
    • God have mussy !