Messing
name, verb
name, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of mess form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
- 1 A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918).
- 2 A surname from German.
Example
More examples"Hey man, take it easy. I'm just messing with you."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From the Old English personal name *Mæcca + -ing (“belonging to”).
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Messing (“brass”), a metonymic occupational surname for a brazier.
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