mess
English
/mɛs/
noun
Definitions
- A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; disorder.
- (colloquial) A large quantity or number.
- (euphemistic) Excrement.
- (figuratively) A person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English mesh (mash).
Origin
Middle English
mesh
Gloss
mash
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- deck English
- mate English
- mess-up English
- messdeck English
- messer English
- messily English
- messiness English
- messless English
- messlessly English
- messlessness English
- messmate English
- messroom English
- messy English
- nonmessy English
- room English
- unmess English
- unmessy English
- up English
- missa Latin
- Messie German
- mess Dutch, Flemish
- metepatas Spanish, Castilian
- meter Spanish, Castilian
- mässa Swedish
- mesh Middle English
- allraheilagramessa Old Norse
- kyndilsmessa Old Norse
- messa Old Norse
- seljumannamessa Old Norse
- messa Icelandic
- mes Indonesian
- messa Faroese
- meter Old Spanish