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語源 1

Related to mess (“disorder”).

動詞

muss (三人称単数 現在形 musses, 現在分詞 mussing, 過去形および過去分詞形 mussed)

1. (transitive) To rumple, tousle or make (something) untidy.

   The old man affectionately mussed his grandson's hair.

使用する際の注意点

1. In typical usage, the direct object of this verb is almost always the hair on an individual's head, especially but not exclusively the shorter hair of a man or boy. Less frequently, it can refer to other intimate appurtenances such as clothing, bedding, mascara or other makeup on an individual's face, or a collection of belongings that previously had been deliberately arranged or put in order. In these cases, the phrasal verb construction muss up is often used instead of muss. In most other contexts, mess (または mess up) would be more idiomatic.

派生語

• muss up

名詞

muss (複数形 musses)

1. A mess (disagreeable mixture または confusion of things; disorder)
2. (obsolete) A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.
   • c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, かつ the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Authority melts from me: of late, when I cried 'Ho!' like boys unto a muss, kings would start forth, and cry 'Your will?' Have you no ears? I am Antony yet.

   • 1614 November 10 (first performance; Gregorian calendar)​, Beniamin Iohnson [i.e., Ben Jonson], Bartholmew Fayre: A Comedie, […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     Gods so! a muss, a muss, a muss, a muss.

語源 2

Compare Middle English mus (“a mouse”). See mouse.

名詞

muss (複数形 musses)

1. (obsolete) A term of endearment.

参照

• “muss”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• Sums, sums