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mirish

mirish adjective: miry; boggy.

Adjective

mirish (comparative more mirish, superlative most mirish)

  1. miry; boggy
    • It blew off the mud from the roads that were mirish, / It blew off the grass from the turf where it grew, […]1936, Arthur Guiterman, Gaily the Troubadour, page 37

Forms of mirish

comparativemore mirish
superlativemost mirish

Origin of mirish

From mire + -ish.

Questions about mirish

What does mirish mean?
Mirish means miry; boggy.
What part of speech is mirish?
Mirish is an adjective.

Words near mirish in the dictionary

  1. miriness
  2. miring
  3. mirins
  4. miriquidic acid
  5. Miris
  6. mirish
  7. miriti
  8. miritis
  9. Miriuwung
  10. Miriwoong
  11. Miriwung

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