Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MASS'IVE, or MASS'Y
MASS'I-NESS, or MASS'IVE-NESSMASS'IVE-LY
MASS'IVE, or MASS'Y, a. [Fr. massif, from mass.]
Heavy; weighty; ponderous; bulky and heavy; as, a massy shield; a massy rock. The yawning rocks in massy fragments fly. Pope.
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