massy
English
Etymology
From Middle English massy; equivalent to mass + -y.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -æsi
Adjective
massy (comparative massier, superlative massiest)
- 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;
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book V, lines 627 to 635.
- […] Evening now approach'd / (For we have also our evening and our morn, / We ours for change delectable, not need). / Forthwith from dance to sweet repast they turn / Desirous; all in circles as they stood, . TAbles are set, and on a sudden piled / With angels' food; and rubied nectar flows/ In pearl, in diamond, and massy gold, / Fruit of delicious vines, the growth of heaven.
- 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, 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.
- 1587, Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great
Noun
massy
- Eye dialect spelling of mercy.
- 1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
- "But Lors ha' massy, how did you get near such mud as that?" said Sally, ...
- 1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
- Eye dialect spelling of master.
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Adjective
massy
- weighty, massy, having great weight.
- uncontaminated, unalloyed.
- Not hollow; lacking an internal cavity.
- tough, firm, sturdy
- (rare) Unsculpted; not given a shape, primordial.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “massī (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Etymology 2
From a mixture of Old French messiier and Old English mæssian.
Verb
massy
- Alternative form of messen (“to hold mass”)
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