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ouze

ouze noun: mud.

Noun

ouze (uncountable)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Mud.

Forms of ouze

alternative formoose
alternative formouse
alternative formoase
alternative formoaze
alternative formoze
alternative formoes

Origin of ouze

Partly from Middle English woose, wose, woos, from Old English wōs (“juice, liquor, sap”); partly from Middle English wose, wase, from Old English wāse, wase (“mud, mire, marsh, slime”). Cognate with Low German wees (“wet, ooze, mire”), German Wasen (“sod, turf”), Icelandic veisa (“mire, bog”). More at ooze.

Questions about ouze

What does ouze mean?
Ouze means mud.
What part of speech is ouze?
Ouze is a noun.

Words near ouze in the dictionary

  1. Ouweleen
  2. Ouyang
  3. Ouyangs
  4. Ouyen
  5. Ouyong
  6. ouze
  7. ouzel
  8. ouzels
  9. ouzeri
  10. ouzeria
  11. ouzerias

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