Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gussy
Participle: gussied
Gerund: gussying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gussy |
| you | gussy |
| he;she;it | gussies |
| we | gussy |
| you | gussy |
| they | gussy |
Perfect
| I | have gussied |
| you | have gussied |
| he;she;it | has gussied |
| we | have gussied |
| you | have gussied |
| they | have gussied |
Past
| I | gussied |
| you | gussied |
| he;she;it | gussied |
| we | gussied |
| you | gussied |
| they | gussied |
Pluperfect
| I | had gussied |
| you | had gussied |
| he;she;it | had gussied |
| we | had gussied |
| you | had gussied |
| they | had gussied |
Future
| I | will gussy |
| you | will gussy |
| he;she;it | will gussy |
| we | will gussy |
| you | will gussy |
| they | will gussy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gussied |
| you | will have gussied |
| he;she;it | will have gussied |
| we | will have gussied |
| you | will have gussied |
| they | will have gussied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gussy |
| you | gussy |
| he;she;it | gussy |
| we | gussy |
| you | gussy |
| they | gussy |
Perfect
| I | have gussied |
| you | have gussied |
| he;she;it | have gussied |
| we | have gussied |
| you | have gussied |
| they | have gussied |
Imperfect
| I | gussied |
| you | gussied |
| he;she;it | gussied |
| we | gussied |
| you | gussied |
| they | gussied |
Pluperfect
| I | had gussied |
| you | had gussied |
| he;she;it | had gussied |
| we | had gussied |
| you | had gussied |
| they | had gussied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gussy |
| you | would gussy |
| he;she;it | would gussy |
| we | would gussy |
| you | would gussy |
| they | would gussy |
Perfect
| I | would have gussied |
| you | would have gussied |
| he;she;it | would have gussied |
| we | would have gussied |
| you | would have gussied |
| they | would have gussied |
Imperative
| you | gussy |
| we | Let's gussy |
| you | gussy |
Verbs conjugated like 'gussy'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gussy'
buss,
busy,
cuss,
fuss,
gesse,
gipsy,
guess,
guest,
guise,
gully,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First use appears c. 1952, apparently from Gussy (an adjective), schoolyard slang for “overly dressed” (1940); perhaps related to gussie (“an effeminate man”) (1901) and somehow connected to Gussie, the nickname for Augusta and Augustus.
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