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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   comparative form of messy: more messy comparative, form-of

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from French [in turn originating as an occupation], famously held by countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A surname from French [in turn originating as an occupation], famously held by:; Charles Messier (1730-1817), a French astronomer who between 1774 and 1781 published his Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters, a catalogue of deep-sky objects. countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A surname from French [in turn originating as an occupation], famously held by:; Charles Messier (1730-1817), a French astronomer who between 1774 and 1781 published his Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters, a catalogue of deep-sky objects.; As a designation, the numbered objects in Messier's catalog are prepended with his surname or the letter M. countable, uncountable

   "Messier 31 (M31) is the Andromeda Galaxy; Messier 42 (M42) is the Orion Nebula"

Synonyms

All synonyms

andromeda galaxy

Example

More examples

"Tom's room is a lot messier than his brother's."

Related phrases

deep skymessier numberstar cluster

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