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10 Language-to-English DictionariesMessy
/ˈmɛs.i/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Untidy, dirty, or lacking neatness and order.
"He left his bedroom in a terribly messy state before rushing to school." - 2
Confused, complicated, and difficult to deal with successfully.
"The company got involved in a messy legal dispute over copyright infringement."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'mess', which originates from the Old French 'mes' (a portion of food, a dish), from the Latin 'missus' (sent, or put on the table). Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a serving of food to a mixed or dirty batch of things, eventually yielding the adjective 'messy' in the 19th century to describe untidy conditions or complicated situations.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Messy" is said worldwide
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désordonné
Transliteration: /de.zɔʁ.dɔ.ne/
"Sa chambre est toujours très désordonnée."
unordentlich
Transliteration: /ˈʊnˌɔʁdn̩tlɪç/
"Dein Zimmer ist sehr unordentlich."
disordinato
Transliteration: /di.zor.diˈna.to/
"Ho la scrivania molto disordinata oggi."
desordenado
Transliteration: /des.oɾ.deˈna.ðo/
"Su oficina es un lugar muy desordenado."
bagunçado
Transliteration: /ba.ɡũˈsa.du/
"O quarto das crianças está sempre bagunçado."
अव्यवस्थित
Transliteration: avyavasthit
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"उसकी मेज़ हमेशा अव्यवस्थित रहती है।"
凌乱的
Transliteration: língluàn de
Script: 中文汉字
"她的房间总是很凌乱。"
지저분한
Transliteration: jijeobunhan
Script: 한국어 한글
"그의 책상은 너무 지저분하다."
散らかった
Transliteration: chirakatta
Script: 日本語
"部屋が散らかっているので掃除をします。"
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