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messing

/mˈɛsɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
mess-ing
IPA
/mˈɛsɪŋ/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918).

name

A surname from German.

verb

present participle and gerund of mess

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Messings (plural)

Phrases

Messing-cum-Inworth

Rhymes With

dressing pressing blessing addressing expressing guessing depressing assessing possessing progressing stressing suppressing

Questions

How do you pronounce messing?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɛsɪŋ/.
What does messing mean?
A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918).
Where does messing come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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