See Also: massy(1)(dictionary)
massy(2)(dictionary)

massy(1) (iou)



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.]
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.
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.
Of large size; voluminous, bulky; spreading in a mass or in masses. LME.
J. Updike Brick pinnacles and massy trees.
Of an immaterial thing: great, substantial, impressive. L16.
Physics. = MASSIVE adjective 5. M20.
? Superseded by MASSIVE in ordinary use.
massily adverb (long rare) massively LME.
massiness noun massiveness L16.