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murry

/ˈmɜːɹi/

murry is the obsolete form of moray.

murry is the obsolete form of merry.

Meaning of moray

Noun

moray (plural morays)

  1. Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
    Synonyms:
    moray eel

See all 5 meanings of moray

Meaning of merry

Noun

merry (plural merries)

  1. An English wild cherry.

See all 10 meanings of merry

Adverb

murry (not comparable)

  1. very, extremely

Adjective

murry

  1. great

Proper noun capitalized: Murry

Murry (plural Murrys)

  1. A surname.

Forms of murry

Noun
pluralmurries
Proper noun
pluralMurrys

Origin of murry

Borrowed from Dharug mari, maray (“great, very”). First attested in 1818.

Questions about murry

What does murry mean?
Murry means very, extremely.
What is murry the obsolete form of?
Murry is the obsolete form of moray.
What part of speech is murry?
Murry can be an adverb, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce murry?
Murry is pronounced /ˈmɜːɹi/.

Words near murry in the dictionary

  1. Murrumbidgee whalings
  2. Murrumbo
  3. Murrumbucca
  4. Murrumburrah
  5. Murrurundi
  6. murry
  7. Murrys
  8. Murs
  9. mursalski
  10. murse
  11. murses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: murry (page history and authors); Murry (page history and authors); moray (page history and authors); merry (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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