English Explanatory Dictionary

tussie-mussie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A nosegay given by one person to another to convey a message in the language of flowers.
  2. The pudendum muliebre.

Word forms

tussie-mussie tussie-mussies tussy-mussy tuzzy-muzzy tuzzie-muzzie tuzziemuzzie tuzzymuzzy tuzzimuzzy

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic tùs f (“nice smell, incense”) and debatable second part, a mere reduplication, or mùsg (“musk”) for a moschate flower, or mùisear (“primrose”).

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