myrie
myrie is the alternative form of miry.
Meaning of miry
Adjective
miry (comparative mirier, superlative miriest)
- Resembling or characteristic of a mire; swampy, boggy.
- Only these marishes and myrie bogs, / In which the fearefull ewftes do build their bowres, / Yeeld me an hostry mongst the croking frogs […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Proper noun capitalized: Myrie
Myrie (plural Myries)
- A surname.
Forms of myrie
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | myrier |
| superlative | myriest |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Myries |
Questions about myrie
- What does myrie mean?
- Myrie means a surname.
- What is myrie the alternative form of?
- Myrie is the alternative form of miry.
- What part of speech is myrie?
- Myrie is a proper noun.
Words near myrie in the dictionary
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