missy

See also: Missy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.i/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsi

Etymology 1

From miss +‎ -y.

Noun

missy (plural missies)

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

   That's enough out of you, missy!

2. (Singapore, Malaysia) A female nurse.

Descendants

• → Maori: Mihi

Translations

a young female; miss

• Bulgarian: госпожичка f (gospožička)
• Galician: señorita (gl)
• German: Fräulein (de) n
• Italian: signorinella (it) f, signorina (it) f
• Latvian: kundzene f
• Portuguese: mocinha (pt)
• Slovak: slečna

Adjective

missy (not comparable)

1. Girlish; effeminate; sentimental.
2. Of, or pertaining to, female clothing or clothing sizes.

Etymology 2

Noun

missy (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) Alternative form of misy

See also

• hitty-missy

Anagrams

• mysis