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mizzy

mizzy noun: a bog or quagmire.

Noun

mizzy (plural mizzies)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) A bog or quagmire.
    • They draggunt meh thro' wick thurns, o'er doytch-backs un thro' mizzies, […]1819, Paul Bobbin, Sequel Lanc. Dial., page 39
    • For miles in every direction lay the old forest of Gardomwood, a relic of primeval woodland, rich in glades and brakes, in streamlets and mizzies.1894, R. Murray Gilchrist, Dame Inowslad

Forms of mizzy

pluralmizzies
alternative formmizzey
alternative formmizz

Origin of mizzy

From Middle English misy (“swamp, bog”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English *mȳsiġ, *mīesiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *miusiju, from Proto-Germanic *miusijō (“swamp, bog”, literally “mossy place”), from Proto-Germanic *meusą (“moss, moor”), related to Old Norse mýrr ("swamp, bog, moor"; whence English mire), Middle English mes, mease, mise, mese (“moss”), from Old English mēos (“moss”). Compare also dialectal English mizzick, mizzack, mezzack, mizuk, perhaps the same word with a suffix akin to -ock.

Phrases with mizzy

Questions about mizzy

What does mizzy mean?
Mizzy means a bog or quagmire.
What part of speech is mizzy?
Mizzy is a noun.
What is the plural of mizzy?
The plural of mizzy is mizzies.

Words near mizzy in the dictionary

  1. mizzonite
  2. mizzonites
  3. mizzonitic
  4. Mizzou
  5. Mizzoura
  6. mizzy
  7. Mizzy Night
  8. Miño
  9. Miñotos
  10. Międzychód
  11. Miłkowice

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