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tussie-mussie

noun

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic tùs f (“nice smell, incense”) and debatable second part, a mere reduplication, or mùsg (“musk”) for a moschate flower, or mùisear (“primrose”).

  1. derived from tùs — “nice smell, incense”

Definitions

  1. A nosegay given by one person to another to convey a message in the language of flowers.

    • Seruia, Plinio, Sertum è floribus, pastillus è floribus fartus. […] Vn bouquet. A garland of flowers: a nosegay: a tuzziemuzzie: a sweete posie.
    • Rosemary for remembrance, sage for long life, and roses for love were three positive messages that might have been passed on through a tussie-mussie.

  2. The pudendum muliebre.

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