massy
[adjective]
Synonyms: huge, colossal, enormous, giant, gigantic, heroic, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive

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massy adjective. ['masi] Exc. in sense 5, now literary or arch. LME.
[Perh. orig. from Old French massiz (whence massif MASSIVE) from popular Latin from Latin massa MASS noun², or directly from MASS noun²: see -Y¹.]
1. Solid and weighty; heavy as consisting of compact matter; (esp. of precious metals) occurring in mass, solid, not hollow or alloyed. LME.
■ M. Twain Its furniture was all of massy gold.
b. Compact, dense. E16-E19.
c. Solid, having three dimensions. M16-M17.

2. Consisting of a large mass or masses of heavy material; of great size and weight; (of a building) consisting of great blocks of masonry. LME.
■ Ld Macaulay The massy remains of the old Norman castle.
b. Of architectural or artistic style: presenting great masses. E19.
Modern Painters This predilection for massy stability of form is present in Moore's earliest life-drawings.

3. Of large size; voluminous, bulky; spreading in a mass or in masses. LME.
■ J. Updike Brick pinnacles and massy trees.

4. Of an immaterial thing: great, substantial, impressive. L16.

5. Physics. = MASSIVE adjective 5. M20.

► Superseded by MASSIVE in ordinary use.

■ massily adverb (long rare) massively LME.

■ massiness noun massiveness L16.

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massy noun. ['masi] dial. (chiefly US). E19.
[Repr. a pronunc.]
In interjections: mercy.

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