▪ I. gussie1 Sc. and north.
(ˈgʌsɪ)
Also 9 goossy, guisie, gissy, geassy.
[Cf. Norw. gosse pig (Aasen).]
A pig, swine. † the gussis croo, i.e. the pig-stye, used jocularly as if the name of a constellation.
| 15.. King Berdok 3 in Laing Anc. Pop. Poetry 269 Quhen Phebus rang in sing of Capricorn And the mvne wes past the gussis cro. 1818 Hogg Brownie Bodsbeck, etc. II. 331 She didna only change me intil an ill-faurd he-sow, but guidit me shamefully ill a' the time I was a goossy. 1893 Northumbld. Gloss., Geassy, a pig. 1895 Crockett Men of Moss Hags 172 A great fat gussie o' a loon they ca' Jock Wabster. |
▪ II. gussie2 Austral. slang.
(ˈgʌsɪ)
[dim. of the name Augustus.]
An effeminate man.
| 1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xi. 94 I'm not a booby that will fall in love with every gussie I see. 1941 Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 33 Gussie, an effeminate or affected man. |