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ich
noun
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(ichthyology) Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by the ciliate Ichthyophthirius.
Ich
properNoun
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literal transcription of Freud’s German-language psychological term “Ich”, more often termed ego in English. See ego.
muss
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verb
make messy or untidy
the child mussed up my hair
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noun
(= mess, mussiness)
a state of confusion and disorderliness
the house was a mess
she smoothed the mussiness of the bed