marish
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English mareys, marys, from Anglo-Norman mareis, mereis, or from Middle French mares, marest, both from Late Latin mariscus, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk (“marsh”). Doublet of marsh and morass.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]marish (plural marishes)
- (now poetic or archaic) A marsh.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “primum”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
- Thenne sir Tristram departed / and in euery place he asked & demaunded after sir Launcelot / but in no place he coude not here of hym whether he were dede or on lyue / […] / Soo syr Tristram rode by a forest and then̄e was he ware of a fayre toure by a mareyse on that one syde / and on that other syde a fayr medowe
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- 1674, John Milton, “Book XII”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 333:
- The Cherubim descended; on the ground / Gliding meteorous, as evening-mist / Risen from a river o'er the marish glides, / And gathers ground fast at the labourer's heel / Homeward returning.
Adjective
[edit]marish (comparative more marish, superlative most marish)
- (now poetic or archaic) Marshy; growing in bogs or marshes.
- 1830, Alfred Tennyson, “The Dying Swan”, in Poems, Chiefly Lyrical:
- And the silvery marish flowers that throng / The desolate creeks and pools among,
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- after the manner of Cards or Maps, the utmost limits of knowne Countries, are set downe to be full of thicke marrish grounds, shady forrests, desart and uncouth places.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- At the first outset, heavy, miry ground and a matted, marish vegetation greatly delayed our progress; […]
Synonyms
[edit]- boggy, quaggy, swampy; see also Thesaurus:marshy
Anagrams
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[edit]Preposition
[edit]marish
- with
- Va mee caggey marish my charrey. ― I was fighting with (i.e. alongside) my friend.
Inflection
[edit]Singular | Plural | ||||||
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Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd m. | 3rd f. | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Normal | marym | mayrt | marish | maree | marin | meriu | maroo |
Emphatic | maryms | mayrts | marishyn | mareeish | marinyn | meriuish | maroosyn |
Derived terms
[edit]- fow marish (“have sex with”)
Pronoun
[edit]marish
- third-person singular of marish
Derived terms
[edit]- marishyn (emphatic)
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