Meaning

noun a state of confusion and disorderliness

noun informal terms for a difficult situation

noun soft semiliquid food

originFrom Middle English mes, partly from Old English mēse, mēose (“table”), a vernacular loan from Latin/Late Latin mē(n)sa (“table; meal”); and partly from Old French mes, Late Latin missum, from mittō (“to put, place (e.g. on the table)”). See mission, and compare Mass (“religious service”).

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