misses

M3I1S1S1E1S1
/ˈmɪsɪz//ˈmɪsəz/

noun

A range of clothing sizes for women of average height and build.

CommonScrabble 8

Meanings

misses1

noun
  1. pluralplural of miss
  2. A range of clothing sizes for women of average height and build.
nounmisses (plural misseses)

plural misseses

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of missus (“Mrs; wife”).
    1 more example

    2025, JEZBON, Real Aussies: John's Heartbreak "Kay, maybe you've got a point. Why's he always smiling, anyway?" "Dunno. Maybe being a dung puncher's a recipe for smiles?" I snap my head to Colin. "What?" "Yeah, apparently. Seen him get picked up by his, er, misses? Man?" Colin squints. "Bum chum? Gay lord? Wooly woofter?"

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of miss

Misses2

noun
  1. pluralplural of Miss
nounMisses (plural Misseses)

plural Misseses

  1. pronunciation spellingEye dialect spelling of Mrs; alternative spelling of Missus.
    1 more example

    Perhaps we are disposed to smile at seeing so much made of titles; but after what we have learned of Lord Timothy Dexter and the high-sounding names appropriated by many of our own compatriots, who have no more claim to them than we plain Misters and Misseses, we may feel to them something as our late friend Mr. Appleton felt to the real green turtle soup set before him, when he said that it was almost as good as mock.

    1890, O[liver] W[endell] Holmes [Sr.], “The tea is sweeneted”, in Over the Teacups, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, […], pages 274–275

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APA

misses. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misses

MLA

“misses.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misses. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misses,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misses.

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