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Massy vs Assy - What's the difference?

massy | assy |

As adjectives the difference between massy and assy

is that massy is heavy; massive while assy is (vulgar) characteristic of or like an ass or asshole or assy can be like or resembling an ass; asinine.

As nouns the difference between massy and assy

is that massy is while assy is .

massy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Heavy; massive.
  • * 1587, Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great
    • Their plumed helms are wrought with beaten gold, / Their swords enamell'd, and about their necks / Hang massy chains of gold down to the waist;
  • * 1874 Ralph Waldo Emerson, Heroic
    • When mountains tremble, those two massy pillars / With horrible convulsion to and fro
  • * 2003 October 5-8, J. A. Kosinski, 2003 IEEE Symposium on Ultrasonics , volume 1, ISBN 0-7803-7922-5, abstract, pages 70-73
    • We develop a set of six coupled equations governing the modal amplitudes and phase angles (mode-center offsets) for the flat, piezoelectric plate resonator with massy electrodes of unequal thickness.

    Noun

    (head)
  • * 1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
    • "But Lors ha' massy , how did you get near such mud as that?" said Sally, ...

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    assy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (vulgar) Characteristic of or like an ass or asshole.
  • *2009 , Jincy Willett, The Writing Class :
    • Maybe "the assiest asshat in assville" wasn't as minty fresh as all that.

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Like or resembling an ass; asinine.
  • *2009 , Mary Hogan, Pretty Face :
    • I am the assiest of all asses. I bray in my sleep.

    Etymology 3

    Short for assembly.

    Noun

  • * 1984 , Dan Poynter, The parachute manual: a technical treatise on aerodynamic decelerators (page 172)
    • A manually operated 28' seat assy with a white C-8 canopy.