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missey

missey is the alternative form of missy.

Meaning of missy

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. (Malaysia, Singapore) A female nurse.

See all 5 meanings of missy

Proper noun capitalized: Missey

Missey (plural Misseys)

  1. A surname from French.

Forms of missey

pluralMisseys

Origin of missey

Americanized form of French Missier, a variant of Messier.

Questions about missey

What does missey mean?
Missey means a surname from French.
What is missey the alternative form of?
Missey is the alternative form of missy.
What part of speech is missey?
Missey is a proper noun.

Words near missey in the dictionary

  1. missews
  2. missex
  3. missexed
  4. missexes
  5. missexing
  6. missey
  7. Misseys
  8. missfolding
  9. misshade
  10. misshaded
  11. misshades

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Adapted from Wiktionary: missey (page history and authors); Missey (page history and authors); missy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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