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Missy

name
/ˈmɪs.i/

Etymology

From miss + -y.

  1. inherited from *miss-✻ — “loss”
  2. derived from *miss✻
  3. inherited from miss — “loss, absence”
  4. inherited from misse
  5. inherited from *meyth₂-✻ — “to change, exchange, trade”
  6. inherited from *missijaną✻ — “to miss, go wrong, fail”
  7. inherited from *missijan✻
  8. inherited from missan — “to miss, escape the notice of a person”
  9. inherited from missen
  10. suffixed as missy — “miss + y”

Definitions

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Melissa.

  2. A young female, or miss

    A young female, or miss; as a term of mild disparagement, typically used jokingly or rebukingly.

    • That's enough out of you, missy!

  3. A female nurse.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Girlish

      Girlish; effeminate; sentimental.

    2. Of, or pertaining to, female clothing or clothing sizes.

    3. Alternative form of misy.

The neighborhood

Derived

missyish

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Missy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA