English Explanatory Dictionary

gussy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To dress up or decorate in a showy way.
noun
  1. The vagina of a woman.
  2. The anus of a woman, especially but not exclusively a trans woman.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡʌsi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gussy.wav /ˈɡʊsi/

Word forms

gussy gussies gussying gussied

Etymology

First use appears c. 1952, apparently from Gussy (an adjective), schoolyard slang for “overly dressed” (1940); perhaps related to gussie (“an effeminate man”) (1901) and somehow connected to Gussie, the nickname for Augusta and Augustus.

Derived words

gussy up
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