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Muzzy

adj, name, noun, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Blurred, hazy, indistinct, unfocussed. Northern-England, dialectal

    "The Handel excerpts are afflicted with a combination of high surface noise from the source material as well as variably muzzy sound."

  2. 2
    Bewildered; dazed.
  3. 3
    Tipsy; drunk; involving drunkenness.

    "Why laſt night, as Colonel Kill'em, Sir William Weezy, Lord Frederick Foretop, and I were careleſsly ſliding the Ranelagh round, picking our teeth, after a damn'd muzzy dinner at Boodle's, who ſhould trip by but an abbeſs, well known about town, with a ſmart little nun in her ſuite."

Adjective
  1. 1
    confused and vague; used especially of thinking wordnet
  2. 2
    indistinct or hazy in outline wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A Muslim. offensive, slang

    ""Ethiopia is a fortress of Christianity surrounded by Muzzies," said Tesfaye. His description paraphrased the words of Emperor Menelik II"

  2. 2
    moustache

Etymology

Clipping of moustache + -y (diminutive suffix).

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