English
Etymology
mass + -y
Pronunciation
(US) IPA: /�mæsi/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æsi|-æsi
Adjective
en-adj-er-y|mass|y
- heavy|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;
#* 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 0-7803-7922-5, 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.
Noun
massy
- an attempt to spell dialectal mercy or master
#*1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
#*:"But Lors ha' massy, how did you get near such mud as that?" said Sally, ...
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