English Explanatory Dictionary

Messing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918).
name
  1. A surname from German.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of mess

Word forms

Messing Messings

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Mæcca + -ing (“belonging to”).

Derived words

Messing-cum-Inworth
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